Comments on: A Boy’s Right To Wear A Skirt At School

By: skirt

skirt — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 01:44:16 +0000

A male high school student can wear a skirt to school after the American Civil Liberties Union reached an…

By: Reverend Flash

Reverend Flash — Thu, 02 Feb 2006 15:30:16 +0000

From missing little details of the story (like they also told him he couldn’t WEAR ‘kilts’, Claudia) to having the whole big picture go right over your heads (it’s a Freedom-of-Expression issue, people), I am awestruck by the devotion of most of the folks at this blog to put saving some tax money over preserving your rights. And don’t give me this crap about ‘I don’t need the right to wear a skirt!’ It’s not about that. Michael Coviello, Hasbrouck Heights, and the ACLU all know that this is about keeping in check the people in so-called power. If Mr. Coviello were to have accepted the school’s attack on his choice of dress, it would represent the continued chipping away of people’s rights and freedoms. Howard Stern, for instance, may not be the most ‘user-friendly’ personality in the entertainment world, but to support the government’s persecution of him is to support the ultimate removal of your own right to free speech. Sometimes you have to accept causes that may seem silly or that have unflattering elements to them because, if you don’t, Big Brother will use those petty reservations of yours as a backdoor to gaining more power to control the way we all live and think. Let me also say that this is not the first time that Hasbrouck Heights has made national news. In the 90s, there was a similar controversy when they punished a student rock band for singing ‘anti-semitic’ lyrics at a school musical event. It would soon be revealed, however, that the extent of the band’s so-called anti-semitic comments involved the invoking of the phrase ‘Oy!’ – a common non-hateful term often found in punk rock; a term so harmless that a major battery manufacturer once proudly featured it in their national television commercials.
Hasbrouck Heights is demonstrating the type of behavior that we see all too often at the government level. Punk bands and cross-dressers got you down? Better start supporting them, because when the freaks are eradicated, the powers that be will only have you left to bully – and don’t think they won’t.

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Fri, 27 Jan 2006 03:43:24 +0000

[...] Start with this post by Angel. Lots of people covered the &#8220;Boys Right To Wear A Skirt&#8221; story. Jay at Stop The ACLU was one of the first ones to cover it of course. But no one took the unique angle that Angel did. Men and women have dressed differently from the dawn of civilization and despite efforts to gender neutralize and androgynize society..they always will. [...]

By: A former teacher of Mike's

A former teacher of Mike's — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 03:30:18 +0000

To Michael and his friends from HH,
It takes guts stand up for what you believe in. I’m glad Michael has the support of great friends and a wonderful family. Good Luck to a great kid!

By: Political Satire Fake News - The Nose On Your Face

Political Satire Fake News - The Nose On Your Face — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 12:11:29 +0000

ACLU Comes To The Rescue Of “Skirt Boy”
Thanks to some crucial intervention by the ACLU, Micheal Caviello a 17-year-old male high school student from New Jersey now has the right to wear a skirt to school, a right that the ACLU contended is guaranteed in the Constitution.

By: Jay

Jay — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 01:14:06 +0000

I’m not criticizing, to each his own. I just found it amusing.

By: HH Student

HH Student — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 01:09:05 +0000

I am a friend of Mike Coviello, and the reason he got the ACLU involved is because the local board WOULD NOT allow him to wear shorts. He had to wear leg braces AFTER October 1st, when the dress code banned shorts for the rest of the winter, so he wore skirts. Why? Because he COULD not come to school otherwise, now it has turned into a form of protest. Don’t criticize unless you know what you are talking about.

Thanks,

Hasbrouck Heights High School student &#38; Friend of Mike Coviello.

By: Conservative Thinking

Conservative Thinking — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 00:14:05 +0000

ACLU Skirt the Issue
Crossposted from Stop the ACLU At first, I didn’t even want to cover this one just because it was so ridiculous. I am not even going to argue on this one, I’m sure it has legal standing….but it is amusing,…

By: The Uncooperative Blogger

The Uncooperative Blogger — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 22:35:36 +0000

A Boy’s Right To Wear A Skirt At School Shall not be Infringed
Hehe, I wasn&#8217;t going to do anything with this but it is just too funny.
From Newsday:
A male high school student can wear a skirt to school after the American Civil Liberties Union reached an agreement with school officials. The ACLU announced th…

By: Ogre

Ogre — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 20:03:06 +0000

Yet another example of the utter and total wastefulness of both the ACLU AND government-run education.