Separation of Mosque and State?

It's both ironic and insulting that every time someone mentions the word Christianity within several hundred feet of a school or government facility, liberals and 'activists' jump all over it like anorexic sharks on chum. It's even more ironic and insulting that Christianity seems to be the only victim of this 'separation.' Any other faith or belief system seems to have a free pass, and it makes me wonder if we as a country aren't suffering from some warped variation of the Stockholm Syndrome where we've become over sympathetic to the religion seized upon by fanatics who want to destroy us.

For instance:

In a recent federal decision that got surprisingly little press, even from conservative talk radio, California's 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled it's OK to put public-school kids through Muslim role-playing exercises, including:
Reciting aloud Muslim prayers that begin with "In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful . . . ."

Memorizing the Muslim profession of faith: "Allah is the only true God and Muhammad is his messenger."

Chanting "Praise be to Allah" in response to teacher prompts.

Professing as "true" the Muslim belief that "The Holy Quran is God's word."

Giving up candy and TV to demonstrate Ramadan, the Muslim holy month of fasting.

Designing prayer rugs, taking an Arabic name and essentially "becoming a Muslim" for two full weeks.

Parents of seventh-graders, who after 9-11 were taught the pro-Islamic lessons as part of California's world history curriculum, sued under the First Amendment ban on religious establishment. They argued, reasonably, that the government was promoting Islam.

Not surprisingly, the overwhelmingly left-wing 9th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court's ruling to allow this, defending the action as teaching children about another culture. Apparently this ruling negates the fact that Islam is actually, get ready for this, a religion.

Thanks to the court's ruling, California is

"...legally in the clear to indoctrinate kids into the "peaceful" and "tolerant" religion of Islam, while continuing to denigrate Judeo-Christian values.

In the California course on world religions, Christianity is not presented equally. It's covered in just two days and doesn't involve kids in any role-playing activities. But kids do get a good dose of skepticism about the Christian faith, including a biting history of its persecution of other peoples. In contrast, Islam gets a pass from critical review. Even jihad is presented as an "internal personal struggle to do one's best to resist temptation," and not holy war."

Who would be behind such a thing?

The ed consultant's name is Susan L. Douglass...She's a devout Muslim activist on the Saudi government payroll..."

And so it continues...

(Source: Investor's Business Daily)

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