School Condones Condoms, but Scorns Self-restraint

Today’s blog takes us back to Arkansas … just as my last posting (Monday, September 22) on Arkansas State University.  This time we look at Ramay Junior High School in Fayetteville, AK, where Chloe Rubiano learned a lesson.  

 

Chloe is in the eighth grade; and is also a good church-going girl.  So you can imagine her mom’s surprise when she got in trouble at school.

 

Chloe showed up at school wearing a T-shirt that reads: “Virginity Rocks.”  “It’s a positive message,” said Bambi Crozier, Chloe’s mom. 

 

Apparently, the school administration at Ramay Junior High doesn’t agree.  They said the shirt could cause a classroom disruption and contained sexual content.  Is it possible that these school officials don’t understand the concept of virginity?!

 

The 13-year-old, who bought the shirt at a Christian music festival, was told she had to change shirts.  “It was so bizarre,” Mrs. Crozier told Todd Starnes of Townhall.com.  “She had the shirt for several years and wore it a number of times to school.”

 

Starnes called the school district hoping to talk to the person in charge of the ‘fashion police’ – but no one called him back.  A spokesperson told local news outlets that they have a rule banning any clothes that might cause a distraction.

 

“Why is it such a bad thing to talk about virginity when they’re handing out condoms and girls are pregnant?” Mrs. Crozier wondered.  “It blows my mind.”

 

It does make you wonder why the guidance counselors are doling out condoms to the junior high crowd.

 

“I think they’re bigger concern (is) they just don’t want to talk about virginity,” she said.  “Today, people think that virginity is a dirty word.  It’s not in our household.”  Or maybe they’re concerned the “Virginity Rocks” shirt might cut down on condom distribution?!

 

Mrs. Crozier said her daughter did as she was instructed to do and put on a gym shirt.  “We totally believe in respecting rules,” she said.  “We totally believe in listening to leadership.  If that’s what their request is – that’s okay.  There are certain battles in life you are going to choose; and whether or not you can wear a shirt is not a big deal.”

 

So being a good church-going girl, Chloe abided by the school’s orders – because heaven forbid a 21st century teenager is caught promoting abstinence.  

 

Mrs. Crozier said she was taken aback by the national attention her daughter’s shirt has received.  “All I did was post on Facebook to my friends,” she said.  “Now my daughter has gone viral.” 

 

This is just one more of the many examples of the silencing of morality in our public schools.  Theodore Roosevelt warned us, saying – “To educate a person in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society.”

 

Rev. Dr. Kenneth L. Beale, Jr.

Chaplain (Colonel-Ret), U.S. Army

Pastor, Ft. Snelling Memorial Chapel