A Texan woman says her daughter, a 7-year-old second-grader, has the right to wear her shirt untucked because of a Bible verse, 1 Timothy 2:9, which dictates that "women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with propriety and moderation, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or costly clothing."
"I don't want her behind showing," the mother said. "I don't want her body being exposed."
The school board agreed, 6-1, and overturned the principal and district administers' order that all shirts must be tucked in.
The article in the Dallas Morning News notes that board members discussed their interpretations of Scripture before voting.
"I'm a Christian," said trustee Valerie Jones. "There could be a Christian who believes it might be more modest for their child's shirt to be tucked in than not to be tucked in. ... There is room for interpretation even amongst Christians."
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