Religion in School

The students at the school should be allowed to express thier religous beliefs. The way the students are expressing themselves is not even that bad. handing out candy canes and pencils, is not disruptive and it won't provoke anyone to take action against that person. Also most of the people who are doing this are probably in middle or elementary school. And in middle school none of the kids care what religion you are, it is just candy to them. in one of the cases the school banned decorations from pencils to red and green napkins. None of these things are disruptive, the school shouldn't be allowed to ban these small things. If the students were carrying signs and yelling, or starting arguments and riots, it would be a different case. These students have the right to freedom of religion and the right to express themselves.

Issues From Last Class

One of the issues raised was what is the boundary line on ones free speech. In the activity we saw pictures of a fraternity party and the students were dsiguised as african americans and Klu Klux Klan members. The issue raised was does the college have the right to punish these students and is this a restriction of their freedom of speech. In my opinion the school has every right to expell or suspend these students. Since most schools have a zero tolerance policy on discrimination, the school has the right to punish these students. I believe that what these students are doing is wrong, disruptive and clearly directed at a group of people. Their actions can provoke people to take action against them and cause a physical disruption. The students should be puni.shed