Posted by
Lori Lappin on Wednesday, May 02, 2007 6:49:44 PM
Apparently, a large
cross of ash on a Catholic teen's forehead on Ash Wednesday is OK by school officials, but a small pentagram on a Druid teen's cheek is NOT OK. The latter is "distracting", while the former is not, according to school officials.
Hanover teen sent home for pentagram on cheekWednesday, May 2, 2007 12:30 AM CDT
BY MELANIE CSEPIGA
Times Correspondent
CEDAR LAKE The parents of a 16-year-old Hanover Central High School freshman say they expect an apology from school officials for sending their daughter home Tuesday (Beltane) for wearing a pagan symbol to celebrate a religious holiday.
Andy Pecenke, of Cedar Lake, said his daughter Sky Holeman has been a practicing pagan for three to four years.
Pecenke said he, his wife, Sharene Pecenke, and Sky are of that religion.
I've been a member of the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids for 13 years," Andy Pecenke said, adding that May 1 celebrations are a centuries-old tradition. "It signifies the end of spring. It's one of the lunar holidays," he said.
The pentagram his daughter wore below her eye on her upper cheek is about the size of a quarter, Pecenke said. "They told her it was too distracting," he said."
"They don't send kids home on Ash Wednesday," Pecenke said.
Read full article at link above. Of course, all the green worn on St. Patrick's Day isn't distracting either, but one girl's pentagram is a helluva distraction.