Posted on 10/26/2019 4:10:54 PM PDT by crusher
One of the religious liberty cases the Supreme Court Justices won't be hearing this term is the issue of Maryland High School student Caleigh Wood, who refused to take part in a school assignment to write the Islamic conversion prayer that states “… there is no god but Allah,” because she believed it directly contradicted her Christian faith. The High Court denied a petition filed on behalf of the 11th grader, angering one conservative commentator who saw it as caving in to the indoctrination in schools and on college campuses. “This is not just a violation of the First Amendment but an ongoing, albeit subtle, diffusion of Islam in our Western society," the Rev. Mario Alex Protello wrote. Richard Thompson, president and chief counsel of Thomas More Law Center, which filed the petition on Wood’s behalf said, “The schools are promoting Islam over Christianity or any other religion, and you have a double standard, which we think is a violation of the establishment clause.” Thompson also said in the firm’s press release, “Under the pretext of teaching history or social studies, public schools across America are promoting the religion of Islam in ways that would never be tolerated for Christianity or any other religion.” Thompson said that on top of getting an F in the class, Wood was also made to watch a pro-Islam “PowerPoint presentation that denigrated her religion and basically said that Christians are not as faithful as Muslims. So we strongly believed that this was a violation.”
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Or the ‘Lord’s prayer.
Was it in a religion class? Because that’s the only circumstance where I could imagine that being an assignment.
There are ways to write stuff without stating they are your belief.
Or erect a monument of the Ten Commandments!
>>>But don’t you dare recite the Lord’s prayer at a football game
Wouldn’t it be more appropriate to say a couple of Hail Marys.
Yes, exactly. Let’s see who voted not to hear the case.
Lol
Make a Church of God kid write the Rosary and see what happens
Better pull your Ego and Super Ego out at the same time you pull your Id out. You don’t want a fractured personality. ;^)
It takes four justices so two of the five that are not the Marxist quartet voted against.
My guess, Roberts and Kavanaugh.
It takes four Supreme court judges to hear a case. Which suggests most of them didn’t want to hear it. There could be more to this story we don’t know
It was a world history class in a lesson on The Muslim World.
From the lower court ruling;
"The assignment involving the shahada, the court found, was meant to assess whether students understood the “beliefs and practices” of Muslims. The task was factual, and students “were not required to memorize the shahada, to recite it, or even to write the complete statement of faith,” according to the ruling."
The Supremes made the right call and I don't understand why so many people seem to think ignorance of Islam is desirable.
Why would that even be a ‘school assignment?
Yes, I know why... but it should not be allowed!
snip~Thompson said that on top of getting an F in the class, Wood was also made to watch a pro-Islam “PowerPoint presentation that denigrated her religion and basically said that Christians are not as faithful as Muslims. So we strongly believed that this was a violation.”
OMG can you even imagine if this were reversed GIVE ME A DAMN BREAK!!
Amen.
There are ways to write stuff without stating they are your belief.
The problem is, it may not be what you believe but according to islam, if you say those words then you are considered a convert to islam, whether you believe it or not.
Not to mention the blatant hypocrisy of the fact that if something so blatantly Christian were taught in schools the lawsuits and meltdowns would begin.
I agree 100%.
¡Snort!
Nice
I guarantee the reverse would be different. America as founded is on life support. I naively thought the Supreme Court was a “firewall”. If we didn’t have 2A,America would already be dead.
That sounds like a legit class assignment.
And for those who think a mantra like that is “magical”; that it will “turn you into a Muslim”, that’s some pretty powerful magic. And if you think it’s legit—that it automatically converts you, I think you don’t understand how this works.
Peace be upon you.
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