We need a general anti-butthead law.

With fee shifting.

Consider the following case:

Damian Garcia

A senior at an Albuquerque Catholic high school identifies as a boy and wants to wear a black gown — along with all the other boys — for graduation.  Unfortunately, his birth certificate identifies him as a girl, which is the only criterion his high school considers in dictating that he wear a white gown, the color assigned to girls.

This case, although likely tough to bring under current antidiscrimination law, would be resolved on a plaintiff’s summary judgment motion under the Anti-Butthead Act, the key provision of which reads, “Don’t be a butthead.”  The high school, although fully entitled to implement whatever religious principles it wants,* is being buttheaded about a very simple thing.  Let the kid wear whatever damn gown he wants.

His family says

they’re not expecting the school to change policy by next week, but hope the school would consider eventually having all students wear the same colored gowns to avoid the situation all together.

Laudable non-buttheaded thinking!

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*I am completely unqualified to opine on Christian doctrine, but I thought it had more to do with loving your fellow human than what color gown he’s wearing.

4 thoughts on “We need a general anti-butthead law.

  1. Mary Furness

    I really thought the “this-color-gown-for-boys; this-color-gown-for-girls” went out shortly after WE graduated!! Could we just move on into the 21st century please???

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    1. Amy Robertson Post author

      I know! Back in our day, my cousin decided he wanted to graduate barefoot. IIRC, they would not let him walk across the stage without shoes. So buttheadedness in graduation rites goes way back.

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  2. Nora Fox

    I love the antibutthead doctrine & soon Denver will be in charge of the Common Sense Department of the world. What you described is not at all Christian. Thank you so much.

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