The fight to save the next generation

We live in a world where schools have 'zero tolerance' rules, ones that go far beyond their intent, and the damage they can cause is beyond reason.

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What if....

Look at the history of our Country. We were raised to know about the labor strikes, of the Women's Suffrage movement, of bra burning, even if that last item may have been staged. Our Nation is founded on revolting.  It is time for our generation to show the younger generation what it means to be an American Citizen. To take back our power and secure it for the next generation, but showing them first hand the real power of the First Amendment, mainly:

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

It is time to act, before our kids think that Zero-Tolerance rules are normal. Kindergartners should not be banned from going to Military Academy one day because they played Cops and Robbers at lunch.

The solution is simple. Of course it has risk, one that may have a cost, but we have to ask ourselves, are our childrens' futures worth it?

 What if, on a certain date, maybe on Constitution Day, Monday September 17th, 2012, we could send ALL our children to school with a shirt emblazoned with images of our soldiers, images showing rifles, or Olympic marksmen, or Skeet shooting rifles, or anything of that vein. (Not assult rifles or bazookas or handguns, mind you. The more 'innocent' of the spectrum, because we need to fight against the abuse of Zero Tolerence, not the penalties against those who actually do bring weapons to school. Empty Squirt guns are not weapons.)

The shirts should also have on them the bolded text above from the First Amendment. If they were to expel every one of those students, would they still get State Funding? Could the class action suit that would follow crush any district not willing to use common sense? Is it our last chance to save the next generation? It might just be.