Mother uses Bible verse on modesty to fight Irving ISD dress code requiring tucked-in shirts

Dyker Neyland says she fought for her daughter’s right to attend Irving’s Thomas Haley Elementary School wearing an untucked shirt because of her religious beliefs as a Christian.

The Irving school board agreed with her this week and overturned decisions by the principal and district administrators, who had told Neyland that her daughter, Javé, must attend school with her shirt tucked in.

Neyland says Javé, a 7-year-old second-grader, has the right to wear her shirttail out 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.”

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3 Responses to Mother uses Bible verse on modesty to fight Irving ISD dress code requiring tucked-in shirts

  1. kevin says:

    I've seen some pretty bizarre Biblical interpretations- this one takes the cake.

  2. Tammy says:

    I agree with you Kevin! Ridiculous.

  3. Shippie says:

    Ok, not pointing fingers here, but something is a rye…the mother quoted I 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." However, in the article, the mother stated that “she was raised Baptist in Louisiana but does not attend church regularly since she cannot afford to buy a nice dress.”

    Is it just me or does this contradict the premise behind the verse? She does not want her daughter’s behind to show and she feels like she is being persecuted for being a Christian, but she does not attend church because she can not afford a new dress. I am a little fuzzy on the logic here…

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