Student loses again on bid to wear eagle feather in cap during graduation ceremony

[NaturalHigh]

A Tulsa federal judge has rejected a high school senior’s request to wear an eagle feather during her high school graduation this evening.

Chief U.S. District Judge Gregory Frizzell accepted a magistrate’s recommendation to deny Hayden Griffith’s request for a preliminary injunction that would allow her to wear a sacred eagle feather during her Caney Valley High School graduation.

Frizzell, in his written ruling, said since Griffith failed to demonstrate a violation of the Oklahoma Religious Freedom Act or her rights to free speech or the free exercise of religion, she subsequently failed to “carry her burden of showing she will suffer irreparable harm if an injunction is not issued, or that the threatened injury would outweigh the harm an injunction may cause.”

An attorney for Griffith with the American Civil Liberties Union in Oklahoma said they were disappointed with the ruling.


http://www.tulsaworld.com/homepagelatest/student-loses-again-on-bid-to-wear-eagle-feather-in/article_a78387d4-d639-5610-b675-5db0d06e61c8.html

I don't really see what the big deal is if she wants to wear the feather. Plenty of people will be wearing crosses and such.

[KittyWampus]

1. eagles are protected.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. Native Americans are allowed to use eagle feathers in ceremonies

as long as they have proper permits, or if they acquired them before eagles were federally protected. http://www.fws.gov/eaglerepository/factsheets/PossessionOfEagleFeathersFactSheet.pdf

[ManiacJoe]

2. Actually wearing the feather would probably be fine.

As in, clipped to her hair and sticking out from under the cap.

The rule being protested is "nothing allowed to be on the top or hang from the top of the cap". (As I understand the issue.)

[YOHABLO]

3. High School Graduations are highly overrated. It's like, so what. Wear the feather upon

graduating from college with a masters. Because that's what you'll need to compete in this ridiculous world So by allowing someone to wear a feather, then doesn't that open the door for others to wear flowers or god knows what around their neck or on their head? Sometimes you just have to go with the flow. That's life.

[pintobean]

5. Well, that sucks.

[AtomicKitten]

6. This is a petty, ridiculous ruling.

I have been to numerous graduations where students build entire scenes on top of their mortarboards. Dinosaurs, Barbie, cocktails, etc.

I honestly don't get why they are making such a BFD about a sacred feather.

[cherokeeprogressive]

7. This isn't something I would have ever CONSIDERED asking permission to do.

I would have just done it.

[linuxman]

8. If this were a Christian complaining about not getting to have a glitter cross on their hat...

My reaction would be the same.

Zero. Fucks. Given.

[NaturalHigh]

9. And yet you felt compelled to comment. You must give at least one fuck or so.

Cool story, though. Thanks for checking in.

[linuxman]

10. Stop being obtuse.

You know what I mean. If not, you'd have to be pretty stupid.

[NaturalHigh]

11. LOL...I don't know if I'd call it obtuse.

Yes I get what you mean. I just thought your post was a bit odd considering you don't give any fucks.

[linuxman]

12. Yet you continue...

Here, I'll give you the last word. You strike me as the type that likes that sort of thing. Go ahead and put something snarky/willfully ignorant right below this.


I'm done.

[NaturalHigh]

13. Have a fabulous evening!

[pintobean]

14. I was gonna do that

but, I didn't give enough fucks to bother.

[NaturalHigh]

15. I don't give a fuck Pinto bean.

In fact I don't give enough fucks to bother replying to you right now.