Question: Are Tattoos and body piercing allowed to be shown? Ok in School?
Answer: Tattoos and body piercing are considered to be an expression of thought and are protected by the first amendment right to free speech (United States Constitution).
However, people under 18, because of their age and status as minors, are subject to rules which adults are not.
This true of school rules and attendance. At school, rules can be made that tattoos, piercing, clothes or hair-color must be covered or changed, and these rules are not unconstitutional.
Parents also have a right to control the behavior of children, and so can order their children to not display tattoos, piercing, or other things such as hair color.
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On 04/14/06
Meshail from GA said:
how old do you have to be to get a tattoo
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On 03/07/06
lisa from CA said:
hey, I'm a law student and came across your website as I am researching a paper discussing tattoos and freedom of speech. Currently, tattoos are seen as personal appearance and not speech, and thus, are not protected by the first amendment. See Stephenson v. Davenport Community Sch. Dist.
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On 02/10/06
Marlana from GA said:
I am a teenage girl who has her nose and her navel pierced..and right now I am doing a research paper on allowing body piercings in schools..and I really think that there is nothing that the schools can do if the child's parents allow them to get their body pierced..so we have a freedom of speech which includes body piercings and tattoos..and also they make us an individual..and we should be able to have them..!!..
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On 01/31/06
shelby w from IL said:
people make fun of me because i would like to get my eyebrow pierced, but it's my decision not theirs. I think schools should allow piercings, it's the individual's choice, if they want to pierce themselves they should be allowed to.
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On 01/10/06
justin from CT said:
i think you should be able to anything you want to your body and not get in trouble because its your body not there's
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