Well from the article I do not see that this youth was being talked to about a religious display but rather he was approached about a violation of the dress code namely daggling necklaces.
So unless the youth can show that the Rosary in question was more than a necklace to him I believe that the school would be within its rights to prohibit the wearing of the Rosary.
I am a Catholic and would never countenance the wearing of the Rosary as a necklace in our local Catholic school.
That being said wintertime in post 20 mentions that some off shoots of Catholicism may wear the Rosary about the neck. So if the youth can claim membership in such a faith perhaps he could claim 1st amendment protection. But I think the youth would need to provide some proof of his claim. Perhaps a baptismal certificate.
You think it is OK to have to **PROVE** to the government your religion? Huh?
Where is that in the First Amendment?
Fundamentally, a religiously neutral education is impossible. There is no such thing a s religiously neutral government education! For this reason we must move toward privatizing all education in the nation. Let these matter be resolved privately between the parents and the principal of a private school.
“So unless the youth can show that the Rosary in question was more than a necklace to him I believe that the school would be within its rights to prohibit the wearing of the Rosary.”
That’s not how the first amendment works.
Sheesh. Layers inside of layers to this.