That’s awful. And that’s civil battery, and quite possibly criminal assault. They should really look into filing a criminal complaint in addition to suing the hospital. This part made me cringe a little, though:
Reddog said there may be other reasons for the theft of Janis’ hair.
“Could he have been robbed for someone else’s religious impressions such as satanic ritual or new age ceremony play?
Yeah, no. Satanists and new age practitioners would never do something like this. This is far more likely the result of an overzealous nurse, probably evangelical Christian, who thought she was doing him a favor. Or she sold the hair.
As far as the school, that policy, sadly, is constitutional. You can set different dress codes by gender. I don’t think you should be able to, but courts so far have said you can. However, what is very clearly unconstitutional is not having an exception for religious and cultural reasons. That’s a clear violation. The school is 100% in the wrong here, and they’re not going to win if they fight this. I know this is a small town, but don’t they have a lawyer on retainer or something who can review their policies and tell them where they have problems? Jeez.
