Moms Talk: How Do You Feel About Allowing Kirpans in Schools?

Moms Talk is a new feature on Northville Patch that is part of a new initiative to reach out to moms and families.

Northville Patch invites you and your circle of friends to help build a community of support for mothers and their families right here in Northville, city and township.

Each week in Moms Talk, our four-person Moms Council of experts and smart moms take your questions, give advice and share solutions.

Moms, dads, grandparents and the diverse families who make up our community will have a new resource for questions about local neighborhood schools, the best pediatricians, 24-hour pharmacies and the thousands of other issues that arise while raising children.

So grab a cup of coffee and settle in as we start the conversation today with a new question: 

The Plymouth-Canton school board made a decision permitting the wearing of a dagger-like Sikh religious symbol, called a kirpan, in schools. Northville education officials are watching the situation though no specific plans are in place to create a similar policy. What do you think?

Should this religious symbol, the kirpan, be permitted in schools? Why or why not?