A middle school in Westminster, Colorado last week banned all clothing with any type of patriotic message--even camouflage--in an effort to defuse tensions over immigration reform."A letter went home to parents last week that explained for student safety, no clothes were allowed with political messages or flags of any sort," reported Denver's CBS 4 News Monday night.
""It upsets me that we cannot support our troops, the military," said Kirsten Golgart, an eighth grader who was told she'd be suspended if she didn't change her clothes. "We can't support our country. If we're American, I think we should be proud to be an American."
Principal Myla Shepherd said that "tensions over the immigration issue were apparent when more than 20 students came to school wearing camouflage jackets and pants, apparently to show what they call their patriotism and American pride."
"We started seeing name calling," Shepherd said.
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