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An Oklahoma mom said her 8-year-old son was punished for wearing a Black Lives Matter shirt to school. Ben Stapleton, a third grader at Charles Evans Elementary School in Ardmore, was told by the principal during gym class to turn his Black Lives Matter shirt inside-out on April 30. “It made me mad and sad,” he told KXII. “They pulled me out of P.E. and told me to put my shirt inside out and then I started playing.” Ben’s mother, Jordan Herbert, said she contacted the school on Monday and was told by the superintendent that her son would not have been punished if he’d refused to flip the shirt inside-out. However, she suggested administrators took advantage of the fact that Ben was young to coerce him. ....
A CARLISLE vicar will spend part of his December 25 showing the true meaning of Christmas - by serving up a three-course meal for vulnerable families and the homeless. The Reverend Alun Jones, who is vicar of St Herbert s on Blackwell Road, Currock, is putting on the free meal with the help of community chef Mike Cullen. The event, at the nearby St Herbert s Church Hall, will effectively reach out to those who may be isolated or in need, proving that somebody cares, said Alun. All you have to do is turn up, said Alun. In my experience, there are too many people who spend Christmas Day alone and get lonely and isolated. A lot of homeless people have no extended family and spend Christmas Day on their own in a doorway or in a tent. ....