Christianity in the Crosshairs

Sikh bracelets, but no Christian rings at school
bans pupils from wearing 'purity rings'

--Elizabeth Day, Telegraph.co.uk
Sunday, June 18, 2006

A group of teenage Christians have been banned by a secondary school from wearing "purity rings" as a symbol of their religious belief in chastity until marriage.

At least one of the dozen pupils, who all attend the same girls' comprehensive in Horsham, West Sussex, [England] is considering legal action against the Millais School for "a breach of human rights".

Although the school allows Muslim and Sikh pupils to wear headscarves or kara bracelets as a means of religious expression, the purity ring - a small band of silver engraved with a Biblical verse and worn as a declaration of abstinence from sexual relations - is not allowed because it is considered to be jewellery.

Everyone knows that there is absolutely no concerted effort to expunge Christianity, or Christian ideals from the realm of public acceptance. Christians are free to express their faith any time they choose, accept in the workplace, in schools-- the classroom, sporting events, and graduations, on public property, on government property, in front of abortion clinics, in prisons, in malls, and anywhere else someone may find such expressions offensive. Naturally, some areas are more relaxed, and accepting than others-- My area, for instance.

The godless feel that if they can rid their environment of anything and everything that points to a Holy God and His tenets, they'll then be able to create a society devoid of division, and strife. If only God weren't in the mix, the world would be a much better place. The godless suffer from the worst form of delusion-- Denial of their basic human nature.

Sikh's are allowed to wear bracelets [jewelry], but Christians can't wear rings? Now there's a glaring double standard, bright and pretty as you please.