In Brownsville, Texas, the ACLU has filed an open records request with school officials in order to look into the a provision in the high school's Code of Conduct that bans wearing "religious symbols which have been altered with the intent of causing offense or inciting or promoting gang activity, violence, or other prohibited behaviors." The San Antonio Express News today reports that the move comes after school officials instructed students wearing handmade rosaries around their heads and waists to instead tuck them into their clothes. Police officials say the rosaries are symbols identifying the students' connection to prison gangs.
