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Should religious jewellery be allowed in school?
A 14-year-old Sikh girl has won a court battle to wear her religious bangle at school.
The High Court has decided she was indirectly discriminated against under race relations and equality laws.
Sarika Singh, from Cwmbach in Wales, was originally excluded for going against her school's no jewellery policy.
Miss Singh can now return to class wearing the Kara bracelet which she says is an important part of her Sikh faith.
The school involved said its rule was designed to stop pupils showing "symbols of affluence".
However, the judge said many children at the school had watches that were more expensive than the plain, steel bracelet.
Should children be allowed to wear jewellery to school? Should exceptions be made for religious symobols?
Read the main story (on the BBC website)
The High Court has decided she was indirectly discriminated against under race relations and equality laws.
Sarika Singh, from Cwmbach in Wales, was originally excluded for going against her school's no jewellery policy.
Miss Singh can now return to class wearing the Kara bracelet which she says is an important part of her Sikh faith.
The school involved said its rule was designed to stop pupils showing "symbols of affluence".
However, the judge said many children at the school had watches that were more expensive than the plain, steel bracelet.
Should children be allowed to wear jewellery to school? Should exceptions be made for religious symobols?
Read the main story (on the BBC website)
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I think I'm probably going to get flamed for this but I don't think they should be allowed to wear them, even if they are a religious symbol.
The main reason being that now we're making one rule for someone, and other rules for people who complain. And the news says she was 'Discriminated against'. Er, no she wasn't. She was subject to the normal rules of the school.
The main reason being that now we're making one rule for someone, and other rules for people who complain. And the news says she was 'Discriminated against'. Er, no she wasn't. She was subject to the normal rules of the school.
Reply 2
If you say no jewellery, it means no jewellery. If you do allow it, you sould allow it for everyone.
Reply 4
No. Not unless they give Jedi the right to carry lightsabres and wear nice cloaks.
Reply 5
Either a school should have a rule that there should be no deviation on the school uniform whatsoever.
Or they have a rule where all religious gear is allowed, with all the trouble that could potentially cause.
Having a rule half-way between the two is the worst of both worlds, as this case has shown.
Or they have a rule where all religious gear is allowed, with all the trouble that could potentially cause.
Having a rule half-way between the two is the worst of both worlds, as this case has shown.
yay Sarika!!
They are not "jewellery" they actually stand for something, more than a simple charmbracelet or something!!
I have a bead necklace around my neck which my headmaster tried to cut off...I pushed him away and ran out...PRICK!
He wouldn't have done that to anyone wearing a cross though.
They are not "jewellery" they actually stand for something, more than a simple charmbracelet or something!!
I have a bead necklace around my neck which my headmaster tried to cut off...I pushed him away and ran out...PRICK!
He wouldn't have done that to anyone wearing a cross though.Reply 9
no
Reply 10
As long as it is not hugley visable or dangerous. why does it matter?
Religious garments should have no special importance above purely aesthetic ones. Either everyone in school should be allowed them, regardless of religious persuasion, or they should be disallowed entirely. The fact that the school has been forced into allowing her to wear them under 'equality laws' is laughable.
Reply 14
I'm not sure about jewellery in schools, but if, at the end of the debate it is decided that it should be kept to a minimum, religious jewellery should NOT be an exception. Want to affirm your faith? Great! There's a time and a place, and if people aren't allowed to wear things that they like for purely aesthetic reasons, why should you be any different?
Sorry, I just don't like how people can use religious beliefs as an excuse to dodge rules that apply to everyone. Why should it be that we step aside and give religion leeway that nothing else is allowed?
Sorry, I just don't like how people can use religious beliefs as an excuse to dodge rules that apply to everyone. Why should it be that we step aside and give religion leeway that nothing else is allowed?
Reply 18
No, you wear the uniform like everyone else. The school should be allowed to enforce its own rules.
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