21 November 2005

WHAT ARE YOUR KIDS LEARNING ABOUT ISLAM?

Now this is total bullshit.

Scroll down Michelle's site and check out the post titled "WHAT ARE YOUR KIDS LEARNING ABOUT ISLAM?"

Bring your barf bag.

And, surprise surprise, the bullshit was upheld by the morons in the 9th US Circus Court of Appeals.

Where's the ACLU I wonder?

For those too lazy to check the link:

"A Contra Costa County school was educating seventh-graders about Islam, not indoctrinating them, in role-playing sessions in which students used Muslim names and recited language from prayers, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday.
The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a lawsuit by two Christian students and their parents, who accused the Byron Union School District of unconstitutionally endorsing a religious practice....
During the history course at Excelsior School in the fall of 2001, the teacher, using an instructional guide, told the students they would adopt roles as Muslims for three weeks to help them learn what Muslims believe.
She encouraged them to use Muslim names, recited prayers in class and made them give up something for a day, such as television or candy, to simulate fasting during Ramadan. The final exam asked students for a critique of elements of Muslim culture....
Edward White of the Thomas More Center, the attorney in the case for the two children and their parents, said he will ask the full appeals court for a rehearing. He said the panel failed to address his argument that the district violated parents' rights.

"What happened in this classroom was clearly an endorsement of religion and indoctrination of children in the Islamic religion, which would never have stood if it were a class on Christianity or Judaism,'' White said."

So I wonder what would happen (as would others) if someone went into a mosque and asked the muslim kids to practice being Christians for a few weeks.

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