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Digging4Truth
10-31-2008, 08:44 PM
Boy Sent Home From School For Dressing As Jesus (http://wcbstv.com/seenon/jesus.halloween.costume.2.853729.html)
Eighth Grader Told His Halloween Costume Was Offensive, Distracting
Reporting
Sean Hennessey
PARAMUS, N.J. (CBS) ― A Paramus middle school student was sent home Friday after he came to school dressed up as Jesus for Halloween.
For a few hours, Alex Woinski was the messiah of West Brook Middle School, but like the real Jesus, Woinski was condemned, so to speak.
"Sort of like a new remake of what supposedly happened," Woinski told CBS 2.
Decked out in sandals, a robe, fake beard and thorns, the 13-year-old joined 500 other students at his school's Halloween celebration, and on this day, he was the chosen one - to go home.
"It was offensive to some students," Woinski said, when asked what school officials told him the reason for being sent home was.
Woinski says he wore the costume because friends say his long hair makes him a Jesus lookalike, and were not offended by his costume.
The school says thes costume was a disruption and denies its religious nature had anything to do with it.
"I don't think I overreacted," Principal Joan Broe told CBS 2.
Broe said too many students were drawn to the costume, and that was reason enough.
"Children were [asking], where is the boy who is Jesus Christ?" she said. "It was disrupting the education process."
Woinski's parents agree it was political correctness gone amok.
"I think the whole freedom of speech and expression has definitely had a damper put on it, and this is proof of that," says Kim Woinski, Alex's mother.
But it won't put a damper on Woinski's trick or treating. This Jesus has been resurrected for Friday night.
Woinski has developed an interest in religion. His mother is Catholic and his father is Jewish. He recently celebrated his Bar Mitzvah and his also studying Bible scripture.
His school says this was the first time anyone had ever dressed up like Jesus. They say other students were ordered to alter their costumes because they were deemed inappropriate.
TRFrance
10-31-2008, 09:02 PM
Somehow I'm guessing that if he had come dressed as the devil they wouldn't have sent him home.
God help America.
George
10-31-2008, 11:28 PM
Stupid!!! If it was distracting, they shouldn't have had a costume day. Anytime you allow costumes there will someone who looks outrageous. The boys parents should sue since it seems like that is the thing to do.
commonsense
11-01-2008, 12:15 AM
As you can tell, we don't really have freedom in America!
Not sure if this was an appropriate costume or not but the bottom line is that it was religious, and we can't have that!
Esther
11-01-2008, 08:35 AM
Boy Sent Home From School For Dressing As Jesus (http://wcbstv.com/seenon/jesus.halloween.costume.2.853729.html)
Eighth Grader Told His Halloween Costume Was Offensive, Distracting
Reporting
Sean Hennessey
PARAMUS, N.J. (CBS) ― A Paramus middle school student was sent home Friday after he came to school dressed up as Jesus for Halloween.
For a few hours, Alex Woinski was the messiah of West Brook Middle School, but like the real Jesus, Woinski was condemned, so to speak.
"Sort of like a new remake of what supposedly happened," Woinski told CBS 2.
Decked out in sandals, a robe, fake beard and thorns, the 13-year-old joined 500 other students at his school's Halloween celebration, and on this day, he was the chosen one - to go home.
"It was offensive to some students," Woinski said, when asked what school officials told him the reason for being sent home was.
Woinski says he wore the costume because friends say his long hair makes him a Jesus lookalike, and were not offended by his costume.
The school says thes costume was a disruption and denies its religious nature had anything to do with it.
"I don't think I overreacted," Principal Joan Broe told CBS 2.
Broe said too many students were drawn to the costume, and that was reason enough.
"Children were [asking], where is the boy who is Jesus Christ?" she said. "It was disrupting the education process."
Woinski's parents agree it was political correctness gone amok.
"I think the whole freedom of speech and expression has definitely had a damper put on it, and this is proof of that," says Kim Woinski, Alex's mother.
But it won't put a damper on Woinski's trick or treating. This Jesus has been resurrected for Friday night.
Woinski has developed an interest in religion. His mother is Catholic and his father is Jewish. He recently celebrated his Bar Mitzvah and his also studying Bible scripture.
His school says this was the first time anyone had ever dressed up like Jesus. They say other students were ordered to alter their costumes because they were deemed inappropriate.
Wonder why they didn't give him that option?:crazy
meBNme
11-01-2008, 11:20 AM
Somehow I'm guessing that if he had come dressed as the devil they wouldn't have sent him home.
God help America.
I guarantee you there were devils there. If it were like every other costume event there were not only kids dressed as devils, but kids dressed as whores to.
Costume contest = opportunity to dress in skimpy little outfits that are fit for the privacy of the bedroom only, and otherwise considered to be inappropriate by 90% of the population. Take the political correctness out of that, ....they were dressed like whores.
clgustaveson
11-01-2008, 11:52 AM
You guys are stretching this to seem like some travesty, should this kid have dressed up like Jesus anyway?
OldTimey
11-01-2008, 12:50 PM
It may have been "Christians" that were the offended party.
I remember dressing up as Bible characters for our church's Halloween alternative.
For some reason, it was frowned upon to pick Jesus as if it were blasphemous.
Just a thought.
tstew
11-01-2008, 01:01 PM
This is ridiculous. I don't see any valid defense for this.
ronharvey
11-01-2008, 07:06 PM
This is ridiculous. I don't see any valid defense for this.
From which direction; School or the boy?
tstew
11-01-2008, 08:44 PM
From which direction; School or the boy?
From the schools direction of course...what do you think I am? Just because I'm through with GOP manipulations does not mean that I am not deeply Christian. :)
I'm just messing with you a bit. I think that the school is absolutely wrong and I cannot think of a legitimate defense. I could see an Osama Bin Laden costume at school being unduly distracting and problematic so I am not completely against situational censorship...but I cannot think of any reason that a Jesus costume should be banned.
ChTatum
11-01-2008, 09:15 PM
From the schools direction of course...what do you think I am? Just because I'm through with GOP manipulations does not mean that I am not deeply Christian. :)
I'm just messing with you a bit. I think that the school is absolutely wrong and I cannot think of a legitimate defense. I could see an Osama Bin Laden costume at school being unduly distracting and problematic so I am not completely against situational censorship...but I cannot think of any reason that a Jesus costume should be banned.
So, Libertarian or democrat?
Which liberal abortion policy appeals to you?
:snapout
tstew
11-01-2008, 11:04 PM
So, Libertarian or democrat?
Which liberal abortion policy appeals to you?
:snapout
I certainly do not agree with the stance on abortion that the current SCOTUS that has been selected by Republicans at a rate of 7 of 9 currently holds. I certainly do not agree with McCain that the abortion issue is not a worthy litmus test for prosepective Supreme Court Justices. I certainly do not agree with the abortion policy that voting Republican has delivered to us thus far. I certainly do not agree with continuing to just mail in my vote based on this issue without concrete promises that I feel warrants it...and that allows for a measuring stick that I can use to evaluate to what extent the party is actually governing by those ideals and not just campaigning by them. I certainly do not a gree with this being a rhetorical stance that does not affect the multiplied millions of abortions that have been occuring regardless of who we vote for.
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