His Holy Ghost Costume Was Also, Sadly, Rejected

The family of a student who previously attended Willow Hill Elementary in Glenside in Montco have sued the principal and the Abington School District for forbidding the student to dress as Jesus for Halloween.

The parents are Christians and don’t like the pagan origins of Halloween and the idea of dressing up as ghosts and goblins and Steve Irwin’s corpse and the like. (Fair enough. My only problem with Halloween are dipshits who insist on writing it “Hallowe’en,” as if they makes them more cultured or smarter than anyone else.)

But the parents are also, well, parents and they didn’t want their son to feel left out, so they had him dress up as Jesus. Despite allowing students to dress as devils and witches and probably even Spider-man, Principal Patricia Whitmire told the student he couldn’t wear the costume because it violated a prohibition on promotion of religion. The school stupidly forces kids to wear a costume if they want to participate in a parade and party; those without costumes are ostracized in the computer room.

The school wouldn’t comment on the lawsuit, which was funded by some Christian group, but here’s an idea: Just let the kid dress as Jesus, and if anyone gets upset or threatens to sue themselves — hey, you never know — just tell the offended party he’s dressed as Kanye West. Simple as that!

Glenside school sued over forbidding Jesus costume [AP/Inquirer]