School costume event gets the nutjobs riled up

[Lyric]

REEDSBURG, Wis. - An elementary-school event in which kids were encouraged to dress as members of the opposite gender drew the ire of a Christian radio group, whose angry broadcast prompted outraged calls to the district office.

Students at Pineview Elementary in Reedsburg had been dressing in costume all last week as part of an annual school tradition called Wacky Week. On Friday, students were encouraged to dress either as senior citizens or as members of the opposite sex.

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The response surprised Principal Tammy Hayes, who said no one had raised any objections beforehand. She said a flier detailing Wacky Week had been sent home with children the prior week, and an announcement was also included in teacher newsletters.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23986997/

Can these people BE any more insane? My god, we can't have Cindy wearing a Power Rangers t-shirt and Bobby wearing Power Puff girls! The world would ASPLODE in a supernova of TEH GEY!!11 I'm SERIES!!11

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[dsc]

1. I have never heard of an elementary school doing this

high schools often do but they tend to get out of hand and get eliminated. Boys dress too slutty.

[Lyric]

2. I think it sounds silly and fun. My son would probably love it

so long as he knew that all the other boys would be wearing girl stuff too, lol. He's currently in his "Ewww, girls, ick" stage. ;)

[dsc]

8. The only problem I had with it was boys who broke the girls dress code

they wore ridiculously short, shorts.

[Toasterlad]

14. I Wish the Boys At MY High School Had Dressed Too Slutty.

:(

[last1standing]

3. It's funny how the right wing always accuses liberals of being PC.

And yet they have their own version of being politically correct that they enforce by the most draconian methods. How often do we read articles where these nutjobs have taken away something sweet and innocent in the cause of being fundamentally correct?

[onehandle]

4. The Gay Agenda at work. This brings back a terrible memory...

I was forced by my Catholic elementary school to dress up as a Shepherd for a nativity play.

I was a victim of the dreaded... Shepherd Agenda.

[ensho]

11. I had to play the virgin mary at a xmas tableau

sigh

[ensho]

5. why back when in high school they had a day when girls could wear pants

no kidding. when I first started wearing jeans they only made them for men and boys. I was considered radical.

[teenagebambam]

6. In 1918....

...my grandmother was arrested in Middlepoint, Ohio, for wearing pants on horseback on a ride into town. Her brother went to town and punched the mayor in the nose.

[ensho]

12. love it!

nt

[xchrom]

7. Gay Central Committee pland on taking this nation wide.

at some point we'll be handing out copies of the Gay Agenda to preK montessori children.

[emperor124]

9. Our high school did this

for the week before Homecoming. Called it Spirit Week. No one complained. Course I suppose it's different with elementary kids...somehow

[qb]

10. For crying out loud... cross-dressing is as wholesome as Jack Lemmon & Tony Curtis.

What's with the choice between senior citizens and cross-dressing? That's an odd combo for school dress-up day.

[hulklogan]

13. Jesus wore a dress. The Pope wears a dress.

Where are the outraged calls about that?