Publicly Funded Schools That Are Allowed to Teach Creationism.

Re:Publicly Funded Schools That Are Allowed to Teach Creatio... by theorique on Wednesday January 29, 2014 @10:24AM (#7144326)

If a predominantly Muslim public school requires students to pray, will the teachers in Pensacola start citing constitutional concerns?

If we reach that terrible point, I suspect we will already be living under the iron hand of Sharia, and no one will dare to speak out lest they be accused of being anti-Islam and punished hard.

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Re:Publicly Funded Schools That Are Allowed to Teach Creatio... by figglesonrails on Wednesday January 29, 2014 @03:25PM (#7146549)

Yay, Islamophobia. Forced prayer should be stamped out from public schools. Period. Let's just agree on that without going to extremes like "we'll all be living under Shari'a law!!!!111"

EDIT: In other words, neither myself nor the courts give a flying f* what is popular, the law against religious establishment exists for a reason, and even if every teacher and every student except that ONE GUY supported it, that ONE GUY has a legal right that should be easily defended in court. If it isn't then we should consider that a failure of America and strive to overturn it and commit to doing better in the future.

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Re:Publicly Funded Schools That Are Allowed to Teach Creatio... by theorique on Thursday January 30, 2014 @05:11PM (#7153689)

Not Islamophobia, just a wary eye on those who would chip away at the Christian and Jewish foundations of the nation. Others are welcome, but not to destroy the foundations.

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