Just ran across this link to an article by a Los Angeles ABC affilliate about a boy who’s wearing an unusual makeup pattern in high school. He’s suspended for wearing the makeup.

The unusual part is that he says the makeup is an expression of his “Wiccan religious beliefs,” although the specific quote I’m citing is from the linked article. In case any of you don’t know by now, there are no specific religious doctrines amongst any Wiccan groups that I’ve ever met that require makeup for any purpose.

I believe that religious garb is important, and that you should be able to wear what’s required by your religious beliefs. I’ve spoken out against the French government refusing a Muslim schoolteacher from wearing a scarf to cover her hair. The problem is when you have kids making up religious beliefs to fight “the system” when they just want to be different.