#2 is protecting the Islamofascist Jihadists in America who would destroy our America.
#3 is the communist agenda.
#2 is protecting the Islamofascist Jihadists in America who would destroy our America.
#3 is the communist agenda.
The NY school district limits the religious expression of Christian students but is allowing Muslim students to skip class to observe the month of Ramadan.
The New York City Department of Education has given Muslim students at Brooklyn International High School permission to miss class four consecutive Fridays to observe the Muslim religious holiday.
The district's actions suggest that it is employing a double standard including a New York City School System policy barring nativity scenes during Christmas, but permitting the display of the Jewish Menorah during Hanukah, and the Islamic star and crescent during Ramadan.
Students are allowed to worship during the Ramadan period but the same opportunities are not afforded Christian students during Good Friday, for example, suggesting there's probably some diversity in terms of the way they treat Christianity compared to these other religions, which is the unsettling part of all this.
Providing students with a reasonable accommodation to exercise their religious freedom is a good thing -- as long as this is done fairly.
The Establishment Clause requires the government to be neutral towards all religions but the NY school system is claiming that, while there's a lot of Christianity and a lot of Christian symbols, the schools are trying to create parity.
The problem with this policy is that the school district seems to be trying to create an affirmative action prong to the Establishment Clause, that isn't there.
In fact, the government is obligated to remain impartial and to treat all religions equally.
In the New York City Public Schools, they're certainly not treating Christianity the same way. They downgrade and marginalize Christianity, and exalt Judaism and Islam.
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