A Wiccan teenager fights for his right to wear makeup:
A ninth-grade student has accused officials at a Southern California high school of discrimination for suspending him for wearing lipstick and eye makeup. James Herndon, 16, said the five-day suspension imposed Monday by administrators at San Bernardino's Pacific High School was unfair because females are allowed to wear cosmetics on campus.Herndon says his black lipstick and red eye makeup express the Wiccan religious beliefs he shares with his mother, a priestess in the neo-pagan faith. He contends the suspension violates his constitutional right to free expression.
All I can say is, James ain't got nothin' on me when it comes to the religion of makeup. If devotion to a religion is measured on the amount of makeup one wears, the amount of money that one spends on makeup, and the amount of time that one spends obsessing about makeup, then I am a High Priestess of Sephora and a bishop of blush, who daily worships the liturgy of lipstick, makes an epiclesis to eyeliner, and follows the mysticism of mascara.
Okay, I'm not as bad as Tammy Faye. But I'm pretty close. Addicted to hair color, too; I've gone back to red, which is much closer to my natural shade.
For a much more serious discussion of the James Herndon situation, visit ZeroIntelligence.
Posted by kswygert at April 14, 2005 11:41 AM