A Grade 12 student in Nova Scotia has been suspended for wearing a T-shirt that expresses his religious beliefs. The South Shore Regional School Board suspended William Swinimer from Forest Heights Community School in Chester Basin for five days for wearing a shirt with "Life is wasted without Jesus" written on it!
School board Supt. Nancy Pynch-Worthylake says the wording on the shirt is the problem because it is aimed at the beliefs of others. She also says the school has spoken with Swinimer a couple of times about the shirt, asking him not to wear it again. She says the school tried mediation before suspending him.
Well there seems to be a problem! I thought we lived in a country that publicizes that we support freedom of choice, speech and religion. So what's the problem with a T-shirt that says "Life is wasted without Jesus"? At the school I attend we have students that wear shirts that promote sex, alcohol and drugs. But they never get suspended or so much as a warning. This shirt is far from being aimed at the beliefs of others because its a T-shirt nobody would be offended by this shirt and if so they are overly sensitive and need to get a LIFE!
If a muslim student went to school saying "Life is wasted without Muhammad" the school most likely say anything because they would be scared of being called racist, so what's wrong with promoting our countries main religion?
The whole problem with people today is that they make a big deal of racism which basically causes these situation. For example, if people could just be happy with who they are then they wouldn't have a problem with what other people think and racism and prejudism would cease to exist. But of course this will never happen because people always want to be what they aren't and are never happy with what they have.
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