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It’s a Slippery Slope…
by Alanah McGinley on 01/28/08 at 01:11 PM ET
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Simon Tonekham’s blog relates this odd story of a Barrie, ON high school hockey player—Adam Zussino dyed his hair blue for the upcoming playoffs, and so the school “unofficially” suspended him.
The school officials told him that “hair colour is a concern to parents because there are a lot of different styles related to gangs.” The school officials meanwhile have to take the issue seriously. The dress code from that particular school states that, “Students shall not have extreme colours and styles related to certain subcultures … not in keeping with Christian values.“
Ummm, blue hair offends Christians...? (That’s a new one...) But anyway, support came from a surprising (or maybe not-so-surprising) source—Don Cherry:
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