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This stuff is so absolutely enfuriating...man, it's a wonder some parent hasn't gone off the deep end and put a permanent end to one of the local indoctrination stations. If it's pushed much further, I imagine someone will eventually crack.

I was talking to a Christian friend once and she was telling me how she had to wear a hijab for a week out in public for a college class and mentioned all that "trying to understand" multi-cultural BS. She knew nothing about Islam (except the famous Bush "religion of peace" lunacy) and told me she got a lot of nasty looks.

I got so pissed off she must think I'm crazy (unstable, yes. Crazy, no). I told her that no woman in my life will ever wear a hijab (let alone a burka). If I ever heard my kids' school had planned this, I think I might have a hard time staying out of jail.

After September 11, my alma mater's "womens' organization" (i.e. their front for psychotic man-hating lesbians) wore Muslim headscarves to show solidarity with the Muslim students on campus.

The one Muslim student who I knew quite well (a male) was utterly baffled by this show of support.

Contrast that with a teammate of mine in college - an American of Egyptian descent who was still a cultural Muslim (she drank alcohol, so she obviously wasn't terribly adherent!). She still fasted during Ramadan; which is challenging when you have at least 2-3 hours per day of hard conditioning and athletic practice that fall within daylight hours. She'd just bring a snack with her to practice along with a HUGE water bottle, and down both as soon as the sun went down. Apparently Ramadan is important even to the most secular Muslims.

If anyone tried to make a kid of mine do this crud in school, they'd be out of public school that very day. The prevailing attitude in schools now is that it's OK to advocate for any faith EXCEPT Christianity. Public schools should teach academic subjects, not this feel-good fluff.