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To: CAWats
Carver's supporters noted that Christianity and other religions, unlike Islam, do not require their followers to pray at specific times that fall within school hours, when children by law must be in school.

Actually, Christian Scriptures exhort the believer to "pray without ceasing." And while there is obviously more stringent requirements for the practice of Islamic prayers than Christian prayers, at what point does the school draw the line in the assimilation/accomodation tension? Do the Muslims need classes which are gender separated?

Once you allow for (and encourage) non-Western cultural and religious differences in education (because that is what this is about), there is no stopping point. Every new group represented simply becomes another constituency to be placated and catered to. And that's because "multi-culturalism" has been accepted as an unquestioned benefit to society. Though no one's sure why. It does sound like the nice thing to do.

26 posted on 07/02/2007 10:03:59 PM PDT by the808bass
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To: the808bass

I’m tired of the Muslims with all their crap.


27 posted on 07/02/2007 10:05:39 PM PDT by CAWats
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