A second-grader was suspended for a day for telling a classmate he would go to hell for saying, "I swear to God."

Brandy McKenith, 7, was suspended for swearing for saying the word "hell," but her family says she was referring to the biblical location of fire and brimstone.

Since when is "hell," in the Biblical sense a swear word??? I can understand punishment if a child said, "Gosh Mrs. Hart (my second grade teacher), you look like HELL today!" Or to a cafeteria worker: "What the hell is this junk you're serving me?" But referring to hell, as the Bible does? I don't get the problem.

Posted by Lawren at February 4, 2004 09:43 PM

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