There are lots of Catholic schools and lots of proms, but only in Dearborn do we get the “modesty poncho.” Might this have something to do with the fact that this is in Dearborn, where there is a large number of Muslim students and increasing influence of Islam? Will “modesty hijabs” be next? With public schools increasingly opening prayer rooms for Muslim students and presenting a rosy and whitewashed picture of Islam to students, don’t be surprised.
“Dearborn High School Employs ‘Modesty Ponchos’ For Prom Season,” by Amanda Prestigiacomo, Daily Wire, May 2, 2018 (thanks to Armaros):
One high school in Dearborn, Michigan has found a way to deter inappropriate prom dresses: the “modesty poncho.”
Story continues below advertisementIn the halls of Catholic high school Divine Child were colorful ponchos hanging on mannequins with attached signs that said “modesty poncho for prom” and reminders to students to dress appropriately for the upcoming event.
“If your dress does not meet our formal dance dress requirements ― no problem! We’ve got you covered ― literally. This is our Modesty Poncho, which you’ll be given at the door,” reads one note attached to a mannequin. “Available in short and long styles,” says another.
The “modesty poncho” was a “lighthearted” attempt to get students to focus on “inner beauty,” said theology teacher Mary Pat O’Malley, who created the ponchos.
“We are trying to focus on the inner beauty of people and not draw attention to something that doesn’t really need to have attention drawn to it,” she said. “It’s really intended as a deterrent — and a lighthearted one at that.”
The school quickly and unsurprisingly received backlash over the “shaming” ponchos, forcing administration to put out a letter home to parents offering clarification.
On Tuesday, Principal Eric Haley alerted Divine Child families that the ponchos would not be used during prom, but were merely meant “to remind all students and parents of our formal Prom dress policy.”
“To be clear: The poncho will not be passed out at Prom. It was on display to proactively remind students of our dress code policies and eliminate any confusion prior to this special event,” he wrote. “We recognize that it has done the opposite for some members of our community and draws away from our goal of having students adhere to the dress code policy.”
One unnamed student told Fox 2 Detroit that the ponchos were indeed a serious threat.
“If the teacher deems that your dress is inappropriate, you will be given a poncho at the door,” she claimed, adding, “I would refuse the poncho.”
“It’s a method of shaming, a method of building and degrading to females and its interpretation what’s modest and what isn’t,” said an anonymous parent, outraged over the ponchos….
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Christianity has largely moved on from the standards of the past. Islam, not so much. I think these things should be an individual choice more than anything, you don’t always have to bring religion into it.
Modesty is nice. Muzzies aside. Females degrade themselves. This is high school. Female student—“If I want to dress like a prostitute, I should be allowed, darn it!”
Who decides what constitutes “modest” attire for women? Men? Muslum men?
Common sense.
Bwahahahahahahahaha. Yeah and in Indonesia they have road blocks set up to enforce skirt length laws — which the muslum vermin who run Indonesia consider “common sense.” In Soddy Barbaria they have modesty police who insure any woman or girl in public has her black body bag on and they consider that “common sense”.
Why we don’t want them here. We know about the muzzies and their body bag rules. We have enough morons, ours want to walk around half naked, like they think everyone wants to look at it. Everyone doesn’t. Like the ‘get a room’ —-put on some clothes. That’s common sense. It’s not really that common.
If women want to dress like a hooker, I don’t care. Children need guidance. Someone has to point out to them the difference between classy and trashy.
might not be so bad, can we put a paper bag over Maxine Waters head and turn off the volume?
How about the whole paper suit over her….
Huge difference between a Catholic school not wanting high school girls to flash their breast and Muslim not wanting girls/women to flash any skin not directly around the eyes.
Oh, it’s Dearborn. Lots and lots of Negroes, which means lots and lots of Moslems, which means lots and lots of Negro Moslems.
I love them. Modesty is a mandate of Jesus Christ. Couldn’t care less what muslims think. We mustn’t condemn what the holy bible teaches us is holy, just because a pagan religion chooses to mimic parts of it.
More capitulation by cowardly Christians towards islam. The tales of mystery and imagination told by the snivelling grovelling Christian community administrators as it continues to be governed by islam is revolting.
Dearborn is hardly run by anyone Christian in the 21st century. This is the city where Christians have been imprisoned not only for daring to publicly proselytize Christianity but criticising islum. It’s a mini-muslum state in Michigan.
Seriously? So Christians who don’t want girls to wear dresses that show cleavage are now muslim sympathizers…
Your a$$umption is that this is the only problematic form of female attire in the mandate for this modesty poncho. BTW muslum arsehole why wasn’t there any public debate on this issue in Dearbornistan? Why are there no publicly available guidelines as to what exactly constitutes “modest” attire?
Full body length black garbage bags required !
I’m a Christian, and why would there be a public debate for a Catholic school who wants girls to not show off their cleavage in school. This is a no-brainer.
Well you’re right, but I haven’t ever heard of a Catholic school enforcing modesty ponchos on anybody previously.
The point is that when anyone does anything that muslims demand they do, it is a victory for islam, causing them to demand more. When Christians accommodate muslim demands, they deny Christianity.
This has nothing to do with islam, which is a cult of Christianity, much like mormonism, and everything to do with freaks wanting to destroy Christianity.
The islamic propaganda story covering the MANDATED public requirement of teenaged girls donning the “modesty poncho” at a prom is well done — Goebbels would be proud.
Does Catholicism promote immodest dress? There was a time when even public schools insisted on certain standards of modesty for school events. I for one think it’s idiotic to cede modesty to the Islamists.
Everyone laughed when…
President Bush said ….
“If we don’t fight them there . We will have to fight them here !”
But when Obama said “ahha…aha…aaahhh you.allcome here !”
Nobody laughed .. Nobody did anything to stop Obama ..but nobody laughed.
There has been a considerable Muslim population in Dearborn and Flint long before 2008.
So………….
Only makes matters worst.
Are you freaking kidding me?!
What’s next, modesty burqas? At least with skimpy or revealing formal wear there is the guarantee nothing dangerous is being smuggled in.
Spare us the melodrama. I’ve taught in two Catholic high schools. In both there were female students who were more than willing to push the boundaries of what is modest. I suspect they have no clue. The last one had the tips of the extended hand as a minimum skirt length, which is really, in my opinion, a short skirt. But nobody could figure out where the knee is. Oh for the days when the Sister would say “Dulcinea, I’m not sure about your skirt length. Let’s go to the chapel to pray about it.” Once in the chapel, kneeling, Sister observes that said skirt doesn’t reach the kneeler. Oh, that skirt is too short. But those days are long gone.
Goes back to non-coed Roman Catholic parochial schools, where the boy’s high school would go to the girl’s school for dances. The nuns were always keeping the dancing couples separated by quite a distance … “Leave enough room for the Holy Spirit”, was often said.
A choice imposed by Catholic schools and based on Catholic administrators standards of modesty and not outside influences like sharia.
No moslems should be allowed in a Roman Catholic school.
There is but one satan and his name is allah. And, the lowest and MOST COWARDLY of his demons is mohammed.
Achmed , You spelled the beloved prophet’s name wrong ! It’s
MOO-HAM-HEAD !
( may pis be upon him )
????
Infidel mohandjob gave me permission to use the surname “Mo-Hand-Job”. When I first saw its use, I went into an uncontrollable fit of laughter. Infidel allowed me to buy into the family name, at no charge. I’ve already commenced plans for a family shrine. “MOO-HAM-HEAD” may be superior to mo hand job, but … gotta dance with the one that brought ya.
It is a mistake to criticize someone for doing the right thing simply because you think they are doing it to satisfy an outside influence.
ANYTHING a moslem influences is evil.
There is but one satan and his name is allah. And, the lowest and MOST COWARDLY of his demons is mohammed.
I see it as the right way to influence any young girl.
Nice try at making an argument of false equivalence. Why is it an argument of false equivalence? Because the instant case is happening at a public high school and what exactly constitutes immodest dress is NOT defined.
I went to public school. Granted it was back in the 70s but we had a dress code. I couldn’t even wear pants to school unless it was a “pantsuit”. We had to wear slips under dresses and the length was measured with a ruler.
I was wrong, this is a Catholic school.
What about middle school and on up? I remember girls wearing blue jeans as a matter of course back then.
I went to public school in Houston. And in middle school we weren’t even allowed to wear boots or sandals.
My kids went to a private school. Skirt lengths were measured too – had to be at the bend of the knee or else you were sent home. No nail polish till high school and had to be shades of pink,some red or clear. No make up in middle school and if they wore any in high school it had to be natural looking. No dyed hair, tattoos or face jewelry and if you had pierced ears no dangling ones. These girls were gorgeous in a wholesome way.
BTW my last one graduated from there in 2017 so it was not decades ago! No Muslims, or transgendered attended either. This was not in a Muslim area either.
They didn’t dress like sluts at their prom, dances or dress down days either. It helped them form a HABIT of being presentable and respectable. Girls learned self respect and dignity. Sorry to say but too many young girls dress more immodestly than 42nd street hookers. Even hookers left something to the imagination in those days. Now prostitution is mostly all online.
On this issue, I don’t mind a modesty poncho.
This appears to be at a Catholic school. If you seriously looked at how young girls dressed today for these events you’d blush. It would be nice if they developed some dignity and self respect. Our local Catholic doe NOT hesitate to turn girls away at the door for a dance. They quickly understand the dress code when they see others being held to it.
The private school my kids attended had a STRICT dress code too. No Muslims attended the school and it was not in a Muslim area.
I was not aware they had infidels in the Islamic Republic of Dearborn as the Polish community moved out.
Not a all. Muslim standards of dress are actually catholic.
It is catholics who have abandoned their modesty of dress as Our Lady of Fatima said to Jacinta:
“Woe to women wanting in modesty.”
“Many fashions will be intoduced that will greatly displease the Lord.”
Immodest female fashions would come “after 1960.”
But then, the catholci world would be cleansed by Russia – by means of nuclear weapons.
After nuclear war – “annihilating various nations” – one of which is New Babylon – there would be no more immodest females in existence for a time of spiritual peace.
Too bad you have to drive through Dearborn to get to the Detroit airport. They really need to move the airport to a better location.
Oh dear Oh dear, this is another example of the vaunted “push back” being directed at shaming girls accustomed to living in a liberated and tolerant 21st century society into conforming to standards 1400 years old.
If people want to stop this rubbish gaining ground, more action at the local level is going to be needed PDQ.
Agreed. I know what is under the skimpy fashions. That doesn’t make me near as nervous as NOT knowing what is hidden under “modest” attire.
Dearbornistan ! Go figure !
can the girls opt to wear just the poncho and nothing else?
This is exactly where this is headed.
idiots
Yes indeed. Islam causes nothing but destruction wherever it goes.