Cover Up

Some female students at a Utah high school apparently broke the "modesty" standards for their yearbook, and discovered that their pictures had been "photoshopped", with sleeves and necklines added to cover their skin, and a tattoo removed.

The school says the students "should have known their scandalous tank tops and v-necks would be fixed in the yearbook."   The school claims the yearbook photos were altered to comply with the school's dress code, which bans "extreme clothing", including "inappropriately short, tight, or revealing shorts, skirts, dresses, tank shirts, halters, or crop tops."

Yes, this is Utah, where the majority of the students are Mormon, and follow the LDS church guidelines of modesty:  "Our clothing expresses who we are.  It sends messages about us, and it influences the way we and others act"..."Revealing and sexually suggestive clothing, which includes short shorts and skirts, tight clothing and shirts which do not cover the stomach, can stimulate desires and actions that violate the Lord's law of chastity"..."Modesty is an attitude of propriety and decency in dress, grooming, language, and behavior.  If we are modest, we do not draw undue attention to ourselves."

So here's the problem...or my problem with this issue.  If these young women showed up for their school pictures so "inappropriately" dressed, why were they not sent home to change?  More than likely, because it is the way they have been dressing all year.  And if it is not an issue for them to wear "revealing" clothing to school, why should it be an issue in the school yearbook?  And why were only some of the pictures altered? 2 girls wearing the same outfit, one gets airbrushed, and one doesn't?