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PiscesSchool Warns Student not to Attend Prom
Associated Press: A Christian school in Ohio says it will suspend one of its students if he attends a prom dance at a public high school with his girlfriend.
Despite the warning, 17-year-old Tyler Frost says he plans to attend Saturday's dance at Findlay High School, where his girlfriend is a student.
Frost is scheduled to receive a diploma May 24 from his small fundamentalist Baptist school in northwest Ohio. Heritage school principal Tim England says Frost is facing a suspension that includes prohibiting him from attending graduation ceremonies later this month.
Frost's stepfather Stephan Johnson says the school's rules should not apply outside the classroom.
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this is the stupidest thing i ever heard of. it goes back to the control thing. if i was that tyler kid i would tell that principal to go and f himself. Who the hell does he think he is. This country is in dire straights. God bless us all. we need it with so many idiots in charge.
You know, there is an 80s movie that touches on this topic. Maybe the school needs to watch the movie “Footloose”. And maybe this “Christian” school needs to read the Bible a bit closer……..
Ecclesiastes 3:4 “A time to weep and a time to laugh; A time to mourn and a time to dance.”
Luke 6:23 “Be glad at such a time, and dance for joy; for your reward is great in Heaven; for that is just the way their forefathers behaved to the Prophets!”
Look, he agreed to those conditions when he signed up to go to the school. If he didn’t want to abide by those rules, there are plenty of other public and private schools he could have chosen. Whether or not those restrictions are something we would agree with has no bearing on this.
This is so freaking stupid. The schools should just butt out.
The boy is going to graduate in a few days anyway. Let him go to the prom with his girl. A prom only happens once in the life of a young person, Christian or not, get a grip. Jesus said in the bible to take my yoke upon you and learn of me, for my yoke is easy and my burden is light. God does not weigh down people with man’s perceptions and man’s perspective. I can guarantee you that all of the school officials including the principal went to their prom a long time ago. Let the boy go to the prom..
i may be catholic but still this is out of hand
WOW such hate on this topic. whoever quoted that bible verse is silly, when the bible speaks of dancing it means unto the lord to give him praise. Dancing to secular music while holding teh opposite sex that is not your wife/husband in a romantic situation is not pleasing to the lord. The principal is doing his job. Whats the point of going to a christian school if you not really in it for the Lord 100% Teh principal is trying to be a good shepard, if he knew his students were puting themself in situations like that or sinning and he did nothing, he would have blood stained hands.
I agree this is the most stupidest thing that can happen in our free America. What is going to happen next is the church going to tell you how many children you can have or where you can travel or where you can live or what to wear or what you can eat or what kind of pets you can have? Who is it going to hurt if the boy wants to live the way he wants..NO ONE. Think about it,NO ONE SHOULD BE ORDERED TO LIVE LIKE A PRISONER WHO HAS TO TAKE ORDERS. Get with the freedom program principal.
Is this a real news story, or the plot of “Footloose”?
God gave us free will. As Christians we have to face sin in the face. If the kid isn’t dirty dancing and just enjoying a special time with his girlfriend then so be it. Also, to the person who said that the kid could’ve attended a public school…. How do you know? Maybe his parents forced him to go to this particular school. Christianity is a choice he has to make.
ok, with most Christian schools, the PARENTS decide that that is where there kid is going, the PARENTS help approve the rules for the school. Rarely does the CHILDREN who must live by those rules have any say. Short of getting thrown out of school, at which point the parents will just pick another equally appalling school, or running away, and then dealing with life totally on ones own at an age when they are not prepared, there is little a child (or young adult) can do. Of course, all the kid had to do was not mention his plans to go to his girlfriends prom and the school would have been none the wiser. Sometimes discretion helps.
Wow, such harsh words. From every single comment on here. It makes me so sad.
Look, i know that we may not always agree, but this is what the boy signed up for when he signed up at the school. I know, i also do not agree that they should be able to prohibit the boy from going. I went to a private school that was not allowed to dance, and that was fine; that’s what i signed up for. But they didnt interfere when it came to other schools. And it IS the boy’s choice, but understand it doesnt effect just him now. Now that it’s gone public. I pray God gives him wisdom.
I also dont think that dancing is wrong. When done with the right intentions. I beleive a person can dance with someone, even someone of the opposite sex. If his intention is pure. Prom is not just a place to dance, you also have to remember. And even the dancing… It all has to with your intentions. Even if he is not doing it nessesarily to “praise God” at least in the way we all think of, there are other ways he can praise God through this. Yes, even through his dancing. Maybe God has a reason he wants the teenager there. Maybe there’s someone he needs to meet, maybe he needs to be there to help someone. Who knows?
Whatever happens, i pray for this boy, and the school. That they BOTH have the wisdom to know what to do. And that they seek God’s guidance on this matter.
Wow, it always amazes me how each and every person that cares to read the bible interprets it to suit themselves! Everyone who reads it then tries to project their interpretation onto others! First of all, the issue should be whether this boy is dating someone who is christian. If the answer is yes, who says he will be dancing? If it is the music that they oppose then people should perhaps deafen themselves so as not to listen to those foul lyrics…. This is 2009, NOT 1700. Next thing we know they will be dunking him in the town square!
God, please protect us from the American Taliban.
Lame.
Really?? He can’t done even if it’s outside of his school?? What is this FootLose!?!?!?
Religious whack jobs have to ruin everything don’t they.
That is not fair at all! He should go to the school where his Girlfriend is so he can go to whatever prom he wants!
It is not the place of schools or church to decide whats best for a child! The the place for the parent only!
Religious folk have some really screwy subjective magical-thinking notions, don’t they? Take Christian “Purity Balls” in the USA which teenage daughters are suppose to pledge their hymens to their daddies and they get to dress us in bosomy frilly prom dresses to look as sexually alluring and soft and silky to touch as poosible and dance with their daddies who get to think about their teenage daughters’ privates all night long. Eeeeeeeeew. Of course, research recently showed that the girls aren’t any more likey to stay “pure” and virginal than any other girl.