Is your childs school teaching religion?

They can't be, you say....what about "seperation" church and state? Well apparently that only applies to Christianity and not Islam.

"NYSSA, Ore. -- Officials at a public school in Oregon are defending a seventh-grade social studies unit on Islam that included students dressing in traditional Islamic dress.
Kendlee Garner of Nyssa told the Ontario Argus Observer that she objected to the amount of time dedicated to the unit on Islam -- four weeks -- as well as the wearing of religious garb and the lack of parental notification. She said her son told her about the activity, and when she objected, he got an alternate assignment in the library"

The school district feels that teaching about Islam is not teaching about a religion. Hmmmm.....I wonder if they would feel the same way if a teacher dared to try to teach a 4 week unit on Christianity and it's effect on feudal Europe? I mean it is the same idea.....

What is sad (and a bit frightening) is the fact that this is not the first case of such a class. In the first case (that I know of), the parents sued the school district and appealed the case all the way up to the Supreme Court, however the Court refused to hear the appeal. In this case the children were forced to "worship" as a Muslim would. The school district argued that it was an education exercise, to which the Courts agreed. My argument is, would they say the same thing if someone tried to teach a course on evangelism? Maybe I should try that in the Junior Logician's classroom...