Prom Date Costs Student Grad Date

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  BrandonHansen on May 11 at 2:47 p.m.

  As a public school kid, I can officially say I am the work of the devil. Well I’m glad Christian Schools have their priorities straight.

  Christian America… In Rush Limbaugh we Trust.

  Brandon Hansen
  Just South of North
  www.justsouthofnorth.com

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  jazzyvandal on May 11 at 2:54 p.m.

  Suspending him for going to a public school prom? Wow. Does this school have some type of honor code (such as BYU?) I would like to know more about this school he attends.

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  Liz on May 11 at 2:54 p.m.

  please, please, PLEASE do not judge all Christian schools by these fruitcakes. I know stuff like this is out there, but they are the lunatic fringe.
  My daughter and now my son attend an incredible Christian school in CDA. It was an awesome experience.

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  Walkabout on May 11 at 3:23 p.m.

  I think a private school can have certain standards that it expects its students to abide by. But, why anyone would go to school that forbids dancing is beyond me.

  I went to a Christian school for the first four grades of school. I think it screwed me up royally. I remember a lot of unchristian behavior. Like the time one of my teachers picked me up and shook me! I also hated having to wear a long dress to school everyday.

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  Walkabout on May 11 at 3:25 p.m.

  To answer my own question: Because your parents force you to attend the school of their choice.

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  hhuseland on May 11 at 3:27 p.m.

  When a school, public or private, attempts to control the behavior of their students after or before leaving home to go to school and arriving home after school, they are in an area that leaves them open to a law suit, of which I understand will happen.

  As far as religious schools go, and for that matter, the church that sponsors them, as Liz said, only the lunatic fringe resorts to these actions, then prays for the unruly legal system for making them pay, after which they explain to the congregation that they must pony up for the judgment, lest they rot in Hades.

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  spokelooneh on May 11 at 3:39 p.m.

  Dancing is satanic and titillating, it’s in the Bible.

  Tittillation at Proms lead to fornication.

  Fornication is a serious sin and leads directly to Hell.

  Ipso-facto.

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  DCR on May 11 at 3:39 p.m.

  Keep spreading those wings and challenging authority figures (and their ridiculous rules), Tyler! Show the small-minded that dancing and hand-holding doesn’t corrupt the youth by continuing to lead a morally-upright life.

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  spokelooneh on May 11 at 3:42 p.m.

  Dancing is satanic and titillating, that’s the literal Word of God from His Book, the Bible.

  Titillation at Proms lead inevitably to fornication.

  Fornication is a serious sin and leads directly to Hell.

  Ipso-facto.

  And by God, ain’t no kids with baggy pants at that Christian school!

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  spokelooneh on May 11 at 3:44 p.m.

  Whoops, sorry for the repeat.

  Got the “server timed out” or whatever error for the umpteenth time today.

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  Charles_Dixon on May 11 at 3:47 p.m.

  Private institutions can make their own rules so long as they don’t violate the law. The bottom line still holds true: if you don’t like the rules, don’t join the group.

  What bothers me more is when people agree to abide by the rules when they join but then complaint that those same rules aren’t fair later on when they break them. It seems to me that more people are conditioned to complain about the fairness of rules they break to a camera and a reporter than to quietly own up to it and live with the consequences. I think the value of personal accountability is waning in our society.

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  pthompson on May 11 at 5:03 p.m.

  Maybe he should get twenty lashes also, nice looking date looks as if it was worth it.

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  Liz on May 11 at 5:46 p.m.

  Like I said, PLEASE do not judge all Christian schools by these nutjobs. My kids school actually has a slightly looser dress code than the Coeur d’ Alene school district. Probably because they didn’t need to concern themselves with controlling gang-related attire.
  That said, my daughter chose not to go to another local Christian school after it ended at eighth grade because of some ridiculous dress code and dating issues. I thought they were way too strict too, but obviously there are plenty of people who were perfectly OK with it. Even their standards pale, however, next to this no dancing business.
  I am well familiar with legalism, as my husband went to a Nazarene college and they could technically be expelled for going to the movies (any movies; could be Disney for all they cared) or going to the beach (which would constitute “mixed bathing”..ie, men and women swimming together at the same time). The school was a block from the beach.
  Needless to say, there was a lot of movie watching and beach going occurring on the sneak.

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  spokelooneh on May 11 at 6:11 p.m.

  And now, the rest of the story:

  Pictured here in happier times, when Rebecca asked Tyler if she looked fat in that picture, in her Prom dress, being a fine good truthful Christian, Tyler said, “ummm, well honey, I’m not sure, but yeah, I kind of think it does make you look fat.”

  Tyler was treated for a bloody nose and released from the Frindlay hospital, later in the evening.

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  Escapee on May 12 at 9:47 p.m.

  How unbelievably STUPID…facing suspension for taking a girl to her prom? All in the name of Religion. Gag.

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