Public School Double Standard

10 Apr 2008

The Star Tribune yesterday published an eye-opening piece on a local public school that apparently has a Muslim religious affiliation. You have to believe that had this been a school affiliated with Christianity, it would be immediately shut down. It's my opinion, and the opinion of the columnist, that religion (any religion) has no place in a school funded by our tax dollars.

I'm not a very religious person, and frankly think that organized religion is the major problem in the world today. Having said that, it definitely appears that there's a double standard going on here, and we're treating Muslims with kid gloves in this country. We're so afraid of offending their beliefs that we are bending over backwards for them- extending protections not available to other religions, and looking the other way when flagrant violations are committed. It's a sad state of affairs.

Update 4/12/2008: Apparently this story was a follow-up to an earlier, original story.