BISD's ban on rosaries draws attention from the ACLU
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Channel: CBS Rio Grande Valley · 2011 · News & Politics
This is the letter that the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas sent to the Brownsville Independent School District Thursday.
The ACLU is asking the largest school district in South Texas about their policies regard student's rights to freely express ther faith, including through clothing or faith.
The ALCU is also requesting information about any recent policy changes at Rivera High School prohibiting students form wearing roasries and crosses to school.
BISD spokeswoman Drue Brown confirms the district received the request and says they will answer their request. However, Brown adds that these policies are nothing new and have actually been included in the student handbook since the school board approved it back in 1998.
But the ACLU argues the first and 14th amendment in the American Constitution gives students the right to wear religious attire in school
Brown says the district is requesting rosaries remain hidden to discourage any type of gang activity, but the ACLU's attorney says they will investigate if this has been a reasonable concern, backed up by facts.
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