Call for support for Carrick McClean school student barred from A-Levels due to having a beard
Mr Carrick Mcclean has been barred from his A-level* classes at St Columb’s College in Derry because of his facial hair. Please sign the petition to have him reinstated. I’m sure such blatant pogonophobic discrimination would not be tolerated in a United Ireland.
*for readers in the Republic, the A-level is the Protestant Leaving Certificate.
Beard Liberation Front
Press Release 4th January Contact Keith Flett 07803 167266
Call for support for Carrick McClean, school student barred from A-Levels due to having a beard
The Beard Liberation Front, the informal network of beard wearers, has called for support for a Derry Sixth Form student Carrick McClean.
Mr McClean has been banned from sitting for his A Level at St Columbs in Derry because he has a beard.
The pogonophobic rules of the school do not allow students to have a beard
BLF Organiser Keith Flett said, this is not the 1950s and we fully support Mr McClean. There is a petition that can be signed and we expect a change of mind by the school
https://www.change.org/p/principal-abolish-st-columb-s-college-clean-shaven-policy
In the Dark 
January 5, 2020 at 7:30 pm
It’s Northern Ireland. It doesn’t claim to be enlightened.
January 7, 2020 at 9:21 am
Err, I can say with some certainty that the majority (albeit small) of students sitting A levels in NI this year will be of the Catholic faith…
January 7, 2020 at 4:22 pm
Indeed. And at most a very small minority of students at St Columbs will be protestant.
January 7, 2020 at 4:23 pm
Given the long list of illustrious graduates of St Columbs, some of whom are or have been bearded, it should be possible to gather some momentum behind this campaign. Indeed, i note that St Columbs graduate, SDLP leader Colum Eastwood, won praise from the Beard Liberation Front a few years ago.
January 9, 2020 at 8:53 pm
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