Jesus T-Shirt - Support Builds For Grade 12 Student

A prominent Bridgewater businessman believes schools officials in Chester Basin may have jumped the gun when they suspended a student over the wording on a t-shirt. Grade 12 student William Swinimmar is serving a five-day suspension for his refusal to stop wearing a shirt which says "Life is wasted without Jesus". The South Shore Regional School Board has begun consultations with a human rights expert to determine if the shirt is offensive.  Richards says it's a sign the suspension wasn't carefully thought through.

"The fact that bothers me the most is they suspended him and now then they are getting an expert to decide whether or not they should have...I mean he's been found guilty before hand. There a whole bunch of things wrong here and for a young fella like this to stand up for himself, he has to be respected and somobody has to support him,"

Richards says he feels Swinimmar should be commended for standing up for his beliefs. As a show of support, Richards has donated enough money to make one-hundred of the bright yellow T-shirts which will be handed out to other students at the school.