It is sad that this matter was taken so far.
A federal judge ordered a New York middle school to reinstate a seventh-grader, Raymond Hosier who was suspended for wearing the Catholic prayer beads last month
He wears the purple beads in memory of his younger brother, who died while clutching a rosaryfollowing a car accident.
Judge Lawrence Kahn ordered the boy to be reinstated pending a hearing on June 11 into whether the suspension violated his civil rights.
District officials declined to comment because of sub judice hearings but they contend Hosier violated a policy banning clothing such as rosary beads, which are sometimes worn as gang symbols.
The American Center for Law and Justice to file a lawsuit on Tuesday in U.S. District Court arguing that Raymond’s suspension violated his rights to free religion.
The matter begs an awful question and precedent – just because some in society choose to defile a symbol that many hold dear – should all be banned because of the few? We say NEVER. Quite apart from the religious significance democracy cannot work like that – if a few can subvert the rights of many.
