A Detroit-area district says it’s allowing Sikh students to wear a small, religious dagger to school, MyFoxDetroit.com reports.<\/p>\n
The decision by the Plymouth-Canton Community Schools reverses a ban put in place in December after a fourth-grader at a Canton Township elementary school was found with a dull, 3- to 5-inch kirpan.<\/p>\n
The kirpan represents a commitment to fight evil in the Sikh tradition. The dagger is a religious symbol that baptized Sikh males are expected to carry.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
No, I don’t advocate that Christians should be allowed to bring guns to school…just the opposite; I don’t think that anyone should be allowed to bring a knife to school, no matter that the blade is dull. We suspend students for bringing toy soldiers to school, but somehow wearing a ceremonial knife is harmless. Sure, a Sihk student probably wouldn’t harm someone, but there are bullies in school who could make good use of someone else’s knife.<\/p>\n
Like Old Trooper wrote when he sent the link to us, “I guess a zero tolerance rule only applies to some students.” <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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