Dress Code Prohibits Chastity Rings!

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<p>"Lydia Playfoot, 16, had argued that the ban at the Millais School in Horsham, about 40 miles south of London, was an “unlawful interference” with her right to express her Christian faith.</p>

<p>But deputy High Court judge Michael Supperstone disagreed with her and supported her school’s contention that the ring was not an integral part of the Christian faith.</p>

<p>Playfoot wears a ring as a sign of her commitment to abstinence from sex until marriage. Many Christian teenagers worldwide wear the chastity rings, which were inspired by “The Silver Ring Thing,” an abstinence program launched in the United States in 1996.</p>

<p>The ruling “will mean that slowly, over time, people such as school governors, employers, political organizations and others will be allowed to stop Christians from publicly expressing and practicing their faith,” Playfoot said in a statement.</p>

<p>Teen Girl Banned From School for Chastity Ring Heads to Court The school had said the ring fell outside its uniform policy, which makes exceptions for Muslims wearing head scarves and Sikhs wearing steel bracelets.</p>

<p>Her lawyer Paul Diamond had told the court that secular authorities, including school authorities, “lack capacity to rule on the correct manifestation of religious belief” and the ban contravened Playfoot’s right to religious expression.</p>

<p>Playfoot said she was considering an appeal."
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<p>A chastity ring is part of the Christian faith? I’m a Christian, and I always thought the chastity ring was a separate entity, meaning you are abstaining from sex until marriage, whether you’re a Christian or not, no direct relation whatsoever.</p>

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<p>It’s a private school, they’re allowed to do what they want. I went to the Silver Ring Thing (not by choice) and I did wear the ring and my school made me remove it because we weren’t allowed to wear rings of any kind (it was a Catholic school). It sucks, but if she chooses to go to this school she has to follow their rules. If it were a public school it would be different.</p>

<p>Besides, the ring isn’t part of the Christian religion and therefore doesn’t have to be allowed like the bracelets and head scarves.</p>

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<p>haha…chastity rings are so ridiculous.</p>

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<p>chastity itself is ridiculous</p>

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<p>ruling supported</p>

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<p>it’s not like the ring is some barrier keeping you from having sex</p>

<p>it’d be cool if there were un-chastidy rings, like people pledging to lose their virginity wore them</p>

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<p>Actually, that would be sick.</p>

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<p>Seeing as a chastity ring is not integral to Christianity, unlike head scarves and steel bracelets.</p>

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<p>there’s a public school here that wouldn’t let a girl wear a pentagram necklace, she argued it shouldn’t be any different from a cross, and drew it on her face instead. they kicked her out for that, from a public school.
it’s a bit different maybe, but similar.</p>

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<p>^^she should have gotten it tattooed on her face…</p>

<p>oh, and i wonder if chastity BELTS are allowed? haha they seem to be a far more effective deterrent</p>