Pregnant Student Punished For Choosing Life

A CHRISTIAN SCHOOL IN MARYLAND HAS DECIDED TO PREVENT A
4.0 GREAT AVERAGE STUDENT FROM WALKING IN HER OWN
GRADUATION, BECAUSE SHE CHOSE LIFE AS OPPOSED TO ABORTING
A PREGNANCY THAT SHE HAS BEEN BLESSED WITH.
SHE CONSIDERS IT A BLESSING, SHE HAS DECIDED TO MOVE FORWARD
WITH THE PREGNANCY, AND AS A RESULT SHE HAS BEEN PUNISHED.
SHE SAYS, "IT'S BECAUSE I'M PREGNANT AND YOU CAN SEE THE
RESULTS OF MY MISTAKE."
MADDI RUNKLES IS THE STUDENT, AND AGAIN, SHE IS A 4.0
GPA STUDENT.
SHE IS THE PRESIDENT ñ HE WAS THE PRESIDENT OF HER
STUDENT COUNCIL BEFORE SHE WAS REMOVED.
SHE'S AMBITIOUS, SHE'S AN OVERACHIEVER.
BUT SHE'S PROMISCUOUS, DON'T LET HER GRADUATE.
SEND HER TO PRE-K, BILLY MADISON HEARD.
JUST TO BE CLEAR, THEY ARE GOING TO ALLOW HER TO GRADUATE,
JUST NOT TO WALK DURING HER GRADUATION.
RUNKLES ALSO SAYS THAT PARENTS IN THE AREA ARE TAGGING HER
ON FACEBOOK AND WRITING ABUSIVE COMMENTS ABOUT HER BECAUSE
SHE IS PREGNANT.
PRINCIPAL DAVID R HOBBS SENT OUT A LETTER TO PARENTS OF
STUDENTS AT THE TINY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL, SAYING THAT RUNKLES
IS BEING PREVENTED FROM WALKING AT GRADUATION NOT BECAUSE
SHE IS PREGNANT BECAUSE SHE WAS IMMORAL.
ABOUT THE BEST WAY TO LOVE HER RIGHT NOW IS TO HOLD HER
ACCOUNTABLE FOR HER MORALITY THAT BEGAN THIS SITUATION."
SO, KEEP IN MIND, PEOPLE LIKE THE INDIVIDUALS WHO RUN THIS
SCHOOL WILL DEMONIZE A WOMAN FOR ABORTING HER PREGNANCY.
HOW DARE YOU, YOU ARE ENDING A LIFE.
OBVIOUSLY YOU GUYS KNOW THAT I DISAGREE WITH THAT IDEA,
BUT IF YOU WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOUNG WOMEN, OR GIRLS TO
CARRY OUT THE PREGNANCY, PUNISHING THEM FOR DOING SO
IS PROBABLY NOT THE WAY TO GO ABOUT IT.
NOW, RUNKLES DOESN'T REGRET HER DECISION, BUT SHE SAYS THAT
AFTER THIS WHOLE DEBACLE SHE THOUGHT ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT HER
DECISION WAS SMART, AND MAYBE THE COSTS OUTWEIGH THE BENEFITS,
MAYBE I SHOULD NOT HAVE DONE THIS.
SOMETIMES IT FEELS LIKE IT WASN'T WORTH IT, SHE SAID.
THE PRESIDENT OF MARCH FOR LIFE THOUGH DID CALL THIS DECISION
ñ THIS PUNISHMENT A BAD DECISION, AND "THE
ANTITHESIS OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE CHRISTIAN."
SO, THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS WHO DISAGREE WITH ñ
THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS ON THE RIGHT TO DISAGREE.
SHE WAS ALSO SUSPENDED FOR TWO DAYS FOLLOWING THE ANNOUNCEMENT
OF HER PREGNANCY, SHE WAS REMOVED FROM BEING THE PRESIDENT
OF HER STUDENT COUNCIL, AND THEN THIS PUNISHMENT WILL COME, AS I
UNDERSTAND ñ LIKE, HER NOT WALKING AT GRADUATION WILL
COME FOUR MONTHS LATER.
SO, HER DAD, SCOTT RUNKLES, WHO WAS ON THE SCHOOL BOARD,
HAD TO RECUSE HIMSELF BECAUSE HE WAS SO FRUSTRATED BEING
PART OF THE SCHOOL BOARD MAKING THIS DECISION.
HE HAS BASICALLY JUST SAID THAT THIS PUNISHMENT DOESN'T
SUIT BUT SHE DID.
THIS IS A PLEDGE THAT STUDENTS AT THE SCHOOL SIGNED WHEN
THEY WERE IN FIFTH GRADE.
I MEAN, WHEN YOU WERE IN FIFTH GRADE IF THE GAS WHEN I WAS IN
FIFTH GRADE AND THEY ASKED ME IF I WAS EVER GOING TO DO DRUGS ñ
IT'S LIKE THE DARE PROGRAM WE HAD, KEEP KIDS OFF DRUGS, I
PROBABLY SIGN SOMETHING.
BUT THIS IS ABOUT IMAGE, SHE IS GOING TO BE SHOWING AT THE
GRADUATION, FIVE MONTHS ALONG, AND THEY DON'T WANT A
TEENAGER TO BE SHOWING AT THE GRADUATION.
IF THIS IS ABOUT A PUNISHMENT, WHICH, SHE AGREES WITH THESE
RULES BY THE WAY, SHE IS A MAJOR PLAYER AT THIS SCHOOL, SHE
ADMITS THAT SHE DID SOMETHING WRONG.
NO!
RIGHT, BUT SHE SAYING THAT BECAUSE SHE SIGNED THE THING
THAT SHE UNDERSTANDS SHE IS DOING SOMETHING WRONG.
BUT THIS TAKES PLACE MONTHS AFTER THE ACTUAL ANNOUNCEMENT.
SHE WAS SUSPENDED, TAKEN OFF OF STUDENT COUNCIL, THAT IS
PUNISHMENT ENOUGH.
PUNISHMENT ENOUGH IS HAVING A KID.
SHE WALKS AROUND EVERY DAY WITH THE LEGACY OF THIS.
SHE WILL WALK AROUND WITH THE LEGACY OF THIS FOR THE REST
OF HER LIFE, WHETHER SHE KEEPS THE KID OR NOT.
IF IT'S SHOWING HER THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES TO HER ACTION,
YOU'LL HAVE TO DO THAT WHEN THE PERSON IS PREGNANT, AND YOU
ALREADY DID THAT.
PLUS, LIKE, WHAT THE IMAGE OF A PREGNANT TEENAGER AT GRADUATION?
REALLY QUICK, LIKE I KNOW THEY HAVEN'T SAID THAT, BUT,
SHE'S IN A GOWN.
I COULD CARRY LIKE SIX BEACH FALLS UNDER THAT THING AND
NOBODY WOULD NOTICE.
IT'S A VERY BLUNTLY GARMENTS.
ANOTHER LITTLE THING TO ADD TO THIS, WE COVERED THIS STORY ON
POP TRIGGER YESTERDAY, AND SUMMARY IN THE COMMENTS SAID
THAT SHE GOES TO HERITAGE ACADEMY ñ
I'M SORRY YOU DO.
PEOPLE ARE SAYING WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THE FATHER OF
THE CHILD, IS SEE ALSO BEING PUNISHED?
AND PEOPLE ARE SAYING THAT MADDI IS NOT WITH THE FATHER, AND
THAT THE FATHER DOES NOT ACTUALLY GO TO THIS SCHOOL.
SO AT FIRST PEOPLE WERE SAYING THAT HE SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO
WALK AT GRADUATION EITHER, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE HE DID NOT
HAVE TO SIGN THIS THING.
WE SHOULD HOOK EVERYBODY UP TO A LIE DETECTOR TEST AND ASKED
THEM IF THEY HAVE ALSO HAD THE MARITAL SEX.
SHE IS THE ONLY ONE WHO ACTUALLY IS PREGNANT, BUT IF THIS IS
THE KIND OF WITCHHUNT THEY WANT TO GO THROUGH, THEY NEED TO
GO DO IT.
I WENT TO A CATHOLIC SCHOOL, AND I KNEW A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT
WORKED THERE AND WAS GREAT, BUT YOU ARE AROUND CATHOLICISM FOR A
LITTLE WHILE AND YOU DO A LITTLE RESEARCH AND FIND THE SKELETONS
IN THE CLOSET, AND THERE IS A LOT OF STUFF THAT WE
DISCOVER IN THE CATHOLIC HISTORY THAT IS PRETTY SKETCHY, BUT
YOU GET REWARDED BECAUSE YOU KEEP IT UNDER WRAPS.
YOU DON'T LET PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT IT, AND IT GOES ON FOR
YEARS AND YEARS.
IF YOU HAVE THIS KIND OF LOGIC, APPLY IT, SAY YOU SHOULDN'T
HAVE A RELIGION THEN.
THIS IS SOMETHING WHERE THIS WOMAN IS GOING TO HAVE TO
WALK AROUND WITH THE LEGACY OF THIS FOR THE REST OF HER LIFE.
AND AT SOME POINT, THE BABY IS GOING TO FIND OUT ABOUT IT TOO.
NOT ALL CHRISTIANS DO THIS, SELENA GET THIS CAVEAT OUT OF
THE WAY BEFORE I GO ON WITH MY STATEMENT, BUT ñ BUT MY ISSUE
WITH STORIES LIKE THIS IS THAT SOME CHRISTIANS, WHO ARE ON THE
MORE EXTREME SIDE OF THE SPECTRUM, TEND TO THINK THAT A
PERSON'S VALUE IS ALL ABOUT WHAT HE OR SHE, MOSTLY SHE, DOES
IN HER PERSONAL LIFE.
WHAT KIND OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR IS SHE INVOLVED IN?
IS SHE HAVING PREMARITAL SEX?
HERE'S THE THING, PEOPLE ARE NOW GETTING MARRIED IN THEIR 30S,
AND THE IDEA THAT YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO ABSTAIN FROM
SEX UNTIL YOU GET MARRIED IS RIDICULOUS.
EVEN IF PEOPLE ARE GETTING MARRIED AT 21,
IT'S STILL RIDICULOUS; YOU SHOULD HAVE SEX WITH
EPPERSON BEFORE YOU GET MARRIED, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
AND IF YOU DECIDE NOT TO, THAT'S ON YOU, BUT THAT SHOULDN'T BE
ENFORCED ON YOU BY ñ THAT SHOULD NOT BE FORCED ON YOU BY
SOME RANDOM CREEPY PRINCIPLE THINKS THAT YOUR ENTIRE
EXISTENCE WOULD BE MINIMIZED TO WHAT YOU DO SEXUALLY.
IT'S SO INCREDIBLY IN RAGING.
SHE'S A SMART STUDENT, OKAY?
SHE HAS FOLLOWED YOUR RELIGIOUS GUIDELINES BY NOT ABORTING THIS
PREGNANCY, AND SO, INSTEAD OF CELEBRATING HER, YOU'RE
PUNISHING HER, AND YOU'RE SENDING A VERY STRONG MESSAGE TO
OTHER GIRLS IN THAT SCHOOL, RIGHT?
AT THE CONSTABLE POINT, ISN'T IT?
THAT IS A MESSAGE THAT THEY ARE SENDING TO GIRLS IN THAT SCHOOL,
DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT, BECAUSE LOOK AT THIS STORM THAT
WE'VE CREATED AROUND MADDI.
DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT HAVING SEX.
LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, THEY WILL HAVE SEX.
I WOULD SAY 90% OF THOSE GIRLS, AND BOYS, ARE HAVING SEX, OKAY?
HATE TO BREAK IT TO YOU.
I THINK THIS IS ABSOLUTELY INTENTIONAL, AND I THINK
THAT THE SCHOOL HAS DOUBLED DOWN ON.
I WENT TO THE SCHOOL'S WEBSITE JUST BEFORE WE STARTED COVERING
THE STORY, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS BEFOREHAND, BUT ALL
IT IS NOW IS JUST THIS LETTER FROM THE PRINCIPAL, JUST THAT.
THERE'S NO LOOKING AT OUR EXTRACURRICULARS, OR THE
BOARD, OR ABOUT, OR A CONTACT, IT'S JUST THIS LETTER.
THEY ARE SENDING A MESSAGE THAT THEY ARE DOUBLING DOWN
HERE; THIS IS ABSOLUTELY THEIR SCHOOL VALUES, AND THEY
DON'T SEE ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT.
ESPECIALLY BECAUSE IT IS BASED IN SOME SORT OF RELIGIOUS
PURITY, THEY WILL NEVER CHANGE THEIR VIEWS ON THAT,
BECAUSE HE WOULD ALWAYS FIND ANYTHING YOU WANT IN THE BIBLE.
THIS IS COMING FROM A CHRISTIAN, GUYS, YOU CAN FIND ANYTHING
YOU WANT TO BACKUP ANY VIEW YOU HAVE.
THERE IS A BASIS FOR MURDERING PEOPLE HERE.
I ALWAYS FORGET THAT YOU ARE CHRISTIAN.
LEAN NOT ON YOUR UNDERSTANDING.
SO JUST TO GO BACK TO MY CAVEAT, YOU FALL UNDER THAT CAVEAT.
WEIRD BIBLE TATTOOS.
I ALSO HAVE BREAK BREAD HERE.
YOU HAVE A MOUNTAIN.
I KNOW.
YOU ARE A MUSLIM, BECAUSE THE MOUNTAIN COMES TO YOU, IT'S
WEIRD, SHE'S ALL OVER THE PLACE.
I CAN'T BE TAMED.
I THINK TIME AFTER TIME, THIS ABSTINENCE ONLY APPROACH
DOESN'T WORK.
AND THE THING, THE JOKE THAT I LEARNED ABOUT CHRISTIANITY
GROWING UP WAS LIKE, WHATEVER YOU DO, JUST, YOU KNOW,
CONFESS AND IT'S OVER.
SAY SIX HAIL MARYS AND WALK, AND NOW YOU ARE VALEDICTORIAN.
I LIKE THAT IN THE SAME PRESENTATION YOU'VE DONE
YOU SHOWN SOMEONE ON THE OTHER SIDE, DON'T WE FORGIVE,
ISN'T THAT WHAT WE DO?
LET'S MOVE FORWARD.

Pregnant Student Punished For Choosing Life

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