Whitey Ford
02-13-2019, 12:36 PM
No good Christian school girl should ever, ever be forced to be taught about any violent, warlike 7th century warlord who bangs 9 year old girls and fucks goats. Shame! Our hearts go out to you, Caleigh.
Christian student loses court challenge to school history lesson on Islam (https://www.stripes.com/news/us/christian-student-loses-court-challenge-to-school-history-lesson-on-islam-1.568470)
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WASHINGTON — As a high school junior, Caleigh Wood refused to complete a history lesson on "The Muslim World" that she said forced her to embrace Islam in conflict with her Christian faith - and the Constitution.
A federal appeals court this week disagreed, saying school officials in Southern Maryland had not violated Wood's First Amendment rights because the curriculum did not endorse a particular religion "and did not compel Wood to profess any belief."
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"School authorities, not the courts, are charged with the responsibility of deciding what speech is appropriate in the classroom," wrote Judge Barbara Milano Keenan, who was joined by Judges Pamela Harris and James Wynn. "Academic freedom would not long survive in an environment in which courts micromanage school curricula and parse singular statements made by teachers."
The school's lesson clearly endorsed Islam, denigrated Christianity and amounted to "forced speech of a young Christian girl," said Thompson, president of the Thomas More Law Center, a national Christian nonprofit law firm. "This is unequal treatment of Christianity by the school system."
Wood was also required to complete a work sheet on the growth of Islam, the "beliefs and practices," and the links between Islam, Judaism and Christianity. A fill-in-the-blank section included the statement "There is no god but Allah and Muhammad is the messenger of Allah," a portion of an Islamic declaration of faith known as the shahada.
Christian student loses court challenge to school history lesson on Islam (https://www.stripes.com/news/us/christian-student-loses-court-challenge-to-school-history-lesson-on-islam-1.568470)
https://i.imgur.com/5h5E99c.png
WASHINGTON — As a high school junior, Caleigh Wood refused to complete a history lesson on "The Muslim World" that she said forced her to embrace Islam in conflict with her Christian faith - and the Constitution.
A federal appeals court this week disagreed, saying school officials in Southern Maryland had not violated Wood's First Amendment rights because the curriculum did not endorse a particular religion "and did not compel Wood to profess any belief."
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"School authorities, not the courts, are charged with the responsibility of deciding what speech is appropriate in the classroom," wrote Judge Barbara Milano Keenan, who was joined by Judges Pamela Harris and James Wynn. "Academic freedom would not long survive in an environment in which courts micromanage school curricula and parse singular statements made by teachers."
The school's lesson clearly endorsed Islam, denigrated Christianity and amounted to "forced speech of a young Christian girl," said Thompson, president of the Thomas More Law Center, a national Christian nonprofit law firm. "This is unequal treatment of Christianity by the school system."
Wood was also required to complete a work sheet on the growth of Islam, the "beliefs and practices," and the links between Islam, Judaism and Christianity. A fill-in-the-blank section included the statement "There is no god but Allah and Muhammad is the messenger of Allah," a portion of an Islamic declaration of faith known as the shahada.