Flower may not make yearbook photo cut

MERRIMACK, N.H., Sept. 11 (UPI) -- A rose is a rose unless it's a prop in a New Hampshire high school senior's yearbook photo; then it may be a reason to ban the photo.

Melissa Morin, 17, wants to use a photo of her holding a single red flower in the Merrimack High School yearbook. Ah, but there's the rub, the New Hampshire Union Leader in Manchester reported Tuesday: School rules prohibit students from holding props in their pictures.

Merrimack High School Principal Ken Johnson said he'll give "full consideration" to Morin's request for an exception.

Brett Mallard of Manchester, who shot Morin's photo, told the Union Leader common sense has been thrown out, sayuing "I just think we've taken political correctness so far."

Fellow students seem to side with Morin, too.

"I don't understand how a flower in school is inappropriate. There are a lot of football players who are flexing in pictures and doing things much worse," Brianne Duffy, 16, told the newspaper.

"You can't kill people with flowers," Colleen Kelly, 15, said.