Michigan School District Allows Sikh Students to Wear Religious Dagger to School

That's all right then. Let's allow the Sikh's their little dagger at school - but, what would happen were a "disadvantaged" student to get hold of the said dagger and kill someone in school with it? This is Detroit after all....Keep allowing other "religions" their little traditions and keep pandering to them. Let's not expect them to adhere to the common law. How low can we go?

A Detroit-area district says it's allowing Sikh students to wear a small, religious dagger to school, MyFoxDetroit.com reports.

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.

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.

The principal initially let the boy keep the kirpan, but the school board instituted a ban because of parental concerns and conflicts with the district's rules against bringing weapons to school.

The Detroit Free Press and WXYZ-TV report that under the new guidelines, kirpans meeting certain criteria will be allowed for Sikh students.


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