Utah School Suspends Girl for Nose Piercing

“To 12-year-old Suzannah Pabla, piercing her nose was a way to connect with her roots in India. To Suzannah’s school, it was a dress-code violation worthy of a suspension.

To other Indians, the incident was emblematic of how it can still be difficult for the American melting pot to absorb certain aspects of their cultural and religious traditions.”

Story here: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,573069,00.html

In this case nose-piercing was a cultural choice, not a religious mandate. However, do you think schools should be more tolerant of body piercings in general?