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That's what worries me: this seems to be just a strange twist of PC.

One thing that I can conclude is that it is sad that the catalyst for cracking the door on respecting religion in Chicago public schools was not respect for Christianity; rather, it appears as though the public school gestapo opened its mind and policies for students of other faiths. A similar thing happened recently in NYC, where the public school system attempted to create Muslim-specific exceptions for prayer on school premises. That effort was withdrawn when the double-standard was attacked.

I think in the long run, these types of accomodations will be good for the public schools, but I fear that the Christian students will be targets for the minority and pc elite, and it's sad that gains for Christians could not have been achieved without radical Islamic fundamentalists attacking our country. The public schools never gave a hoot about offending Christians, and I highly doubt that they do now. Yet, in their horror over offending Muslims, they are creating precedent which will benefit other students of faith, and Christians, as the majority, will tend to benefit the most over time. So, while I think the course of events is a sad commentary on the state of affairs, I patiently await this sort of policy to be broached in my sleepy community, although a part of me doubts that this will ever get off the ground in areas which do not share similar demographics.

That's what worries me: this seems to be just a strange twist of PC.

The last issue of Chronicles Magazine has some explanations.

Check this: Islam and the Academy and other articles.