The Rants of Issachar
Saturday, May 06, 2006
Supreme Court update: Kirpans in schools...
I wrote about this back in April, and now the Supreme Court has come down with a decision. (Why does the Supreme Court link to the University of Montreal rather than hosting it's own decisions?)
At first glance I think they made the right call. They did not say that Sikh's have the right to carry Kirpan's without restrictions, and they left the door open to school's imposing restrictions on carrying Kirpans for safety reasons.
From the text:
Depending on what those "certain conditions" are, it seems that the school board's original compromise seems very reasonable.
At first glance I think they made the right call. They did not say that Sikh's have the right to carry Kirpan's without restrictions, and they left the door open to school's imposing restrictions on carrying Kirpans for safety reasons.
From the text:
The school board sent G’s parents a letter in which, as a reasonable accommodation, it authorized their son to wear his kirpan to school provided that he complied with certain conditions to ensure that it was sealed inside his clothing.The governing board of the school disagreed with the school board and said that he could use a fake Kirpan instead. [Edit: I forgot to include the word "fake"]
Depending on what those "certain conditions" are, it seems that the school board's original compromise seems very reasonable.
