Pharisees in Findlay

"The question as I see it is, should a Christian place themselves at an event where young ladies will have low-cut dresses and be dancing in them?" the principal wrote. "Isn't it contrary to the example of Joseph and the verses that I stated?"

Tyler Frost is banned from graduation at the school he has attended for the past 13 years for going to prom with his girlfriend. His attendance was against policy at the 84-student Baptist school, Heritage Christian School, which forbids dancing, rock music, and hand-holding. Tyler was photographed walking into the prom holding hands with his date. Effective yesterday, Tyler is suspended for the last two weeks of school and can't take part in graduation activities.

So the low-cut dresses of the women were the problem, right minister? It's always the women, beginning with Eve. God's wife, the Goddess, is dead in the Christian faith. How sad and how very troubling for those who espouse that line of worship.

And sex, too. My oh my, how those good and righteous Christians fear that 3-letter word! Low-cut dresses. Hand-holding! Dancing face to face. The immorality of it all makes one shudder.

"The question as I see it is, should a Christian place themselves at an event where young ladies will have low-cut dresses and be dancing in them?" the principal wrote. "Isn't it contrary to the example of Joseph and the verses that I stated?"

The principal posted a statement to parents about the situation on the school's Web site, using Bible verses to support the school's position. The principal quoted parts of the Old Testament about Joseph fleeing a place of temptation.

Wow! The OT. Concubines, slaughter of entire villages, burning of crops, stoning of children, vengeance, wrath and other sordid details of how God's people ought to behave. Nice reference, principal. We'll take all of that into consideration as we use that reference to help mold our children into caring adults.