Read more about this here
To read more about the Sikhs and the turban
and its importance to them, please go here.
The editor of Beside The Creek wonders if any of the decision-makers at this school
know any Sikhs or know anything about their faith.
Their decision is sure to bring the school and its Christian faith
into disrepute in interfaith circles in Victoria.
For those who are not aware,
Sikh men do not cut their hair - and that goes for beards as well.
Having said that though, there are many Sikh men who do.
However, the standard and traditional practice is
to let the hair, face and head, grow.
The editor once had a doctor who was a Sikh.
As well as the turban, he had a sort of little pouch which
hooked behind his ears, and that kept his beard tidy.
All this to-do makes me wonder how this Christian school
might have treated an orthodox Jewish male wearing
a skull-cap or that stand-out black hat head-gear?
After all, Jesus was a Jew and, if he was back in
this modern world, what would he be wearing?
But then in this Christian school, maybe they would not allow
the skull-cap either.
Seems to this editor, that what these very particular Christians at Melton have done
is the usual discriminatory thing.
When all else fails and you don't want to say someone is not
welcome because .....
impose an arbitrary dress code.
From the Christian viewpoint, all are welcome in the Kingdom of God,
REGARDLESS
but at this school at Melton they have higher standards than that
and it can get down to what you put on your head.
Please take a visit to a Sikh Gurdwara here.
Further news on this topic from the ABC
Monday 24 July 2017
Editorial from The Age
Wednesday 26 July 2017
To read more about the Sikhs and the turban
and its importance to them, please go here.
The editor of Beside The Creek wonders if any of the decision-makers at this school
know any Sikhs or know anything about their faith.
Their decision is sure to bring the school and its Christian faith
into disrepute in interfaith circles in Victoria.
For those who are not aware,
Sikh men do not cut their hair - and that goes for beards as well.
Having said that though, there are many Sikh men who do.
However, the standard and traditional practice is
to let the hair, face and head, grow.
The editor once had a doctor who was a Sikh.
As well as the turban, he had a sort of little pouch which
hooked behind his ears, and that kept his beard tidy.
All this to-do makes me wonder how this Christian school
might have treated an orthodox Jewish male wearing
a skull-cap or that stand-out black hat head-gear?
After all, Jesus was a Jew and, if he was back in
this modern world, what would he be wearing?
But then in this Christian school, maybe they would not allow
the skull-cap either.
Seems to this editor, that what these very particular Christians at Melton have done
is the usual discriminatory thing.
When all else fails and you don't want to say someone is not
welcome because .....
impose an arbitrary dress code.
From the Christian viewpoint, all are welcome in the Kingdom of God,
REGARDLESS
but at this school at Melton they have higher standards than that
and it can get down to what you put on your head.
Please take a visit to a Sikh Gurdwara here.
Further news on this topic from the ABC
Monday 24 July 2017
Editorial from The Age
Wednesday 26 July 2017
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