A couple of years ago, during the Kitzmiller vs Dover area School District case, I was pretty shocked by the behaviour of some members of the board that had tried to force ID into the science classroom. I’m starting to wonder if that was a special case, or if the whole purpose of school boards is to introduce totally off-the-wall-loopy rules.

Take this case for example. This girl, Megan Coulter, has been given detention, not once, but twice, for… wait for it … hugging her friends. Yeah, that’s it. She wasn’t in class or anything, just hugging her friends goodbye at the end of the school day. Unfortunately for her, the school has a rule against “public displays of affection,” because – and this is from the students handbook – “It is in poor taste, reflects poor judgment, and brings discredit to the school and to the persons involved.”

That’s right. displaying affection towards your friends shows poor taste and brings discredit to you. What the hell planet are these people from? It reads like something from the fifties.