Ring-a-ding-ting

[Colr]

A teenage girl has lost her high court challenge over a ban preventing her from wearing a Christian "purity ring".

Sixteen-year-old Lydia Playfoot claimed the ban at the Millais school in Horsham, West Sussex, was an "unlawful interference" with her right to express her Christian faith.

In a statement she said she was "very disappointed" by the decision by deputy high court judge Michael Supperstone QC.

Lydia said: "I am very disappointed by the decision this morning by the high court not to allow me to wear my purity ring to school as an expression of my Christian faith not to have sex outside of marriage."

Rotten report from the Guarniad - doesn't mention what the judges reasoning was at all - just more opinion and counter opinion from the respondants.

[Northern Ireland Hibby]

Originally Posted by Colr

A teenage girl has lost her high court challenge over a ban preventing her from wearing a Christian "purity ring".

Sixteen-year-old Lydia Playfoot claimed the ban at the Millais school in Horsham, West Sussex, was an "unlawful interference" with her right to express her Christian faith.

In a statement she said she was "very disappointed" by the decision by deputy high court judge Michael Supperstone QC.

Lydia said: "I am very disappointed by the decision this morning by the high court not to allow me to wear my purity ring to school as an expression of my Christian faith not to have sex outside of marriage."

Rotten report from the Guarniad - doesn't mention what the judges reasoning was at all - just more opinion and counter opinion from the respondants.

The Christian faith doesn't require that any special clothing, rings etc to be worn so I don't think the girl's argument ever held much water.

Besides, this 'Purity Ring' isn't a Christian symbol, it's a symbol of an offshoot of Christianity which isn't supported by all Christians - so her argument becomes even weaker.

Fecking 'victims'. As we'd say in Belfast....dry yer eyes love.

[Colr]

I'd like to know what the reasoning was before I decide whether its a good or a bad thing. I would like to see religion taken out of the state system for a number of reasons but I don't know whether this was the judges interpretation of the law. Probably not. Seperation of church and state was an original tenet of Christianity until the Romans got their hands on it!!