From: Examiner
Wellesley Public Schools conducts school trip to attend prayer service at Mosque to pray to Allah
http://www.examiner.com/faith-family-in-atlanta/welleslsy-public-schools-conducts-school-trip-to-attend-prayer-service-at-mosque-to-pray-to-allah
Does the rule of separation of church and state only apply to school students who wish to say a blessing over their lunch; or read their Bible in free reading time; or should it include a field trip of non-Muslim students to a Mosque to participate in a prayer service during school time to learn how to pray to Allah?
What impact will this have on the lives of those non-Muslim boys who prayed to another god? Those who were taught the Ten Commandments which says, Thou shalt have no other gods before ME!" For these very boys who cannot utter the name of Christ or hand out pencils that says "Jesus (heart) loves you!" Or to kids who could not wear US flag T-Shirts on a Mexican holiday? Or the kid who chose to read his Bible during his free reading time only to be told he could not. Or the students who were not allowed to pray on the steps of the Supreme Court. . . .
1 comment:
You’re going to a mosque and you didn’t know that there was going to be some sort of religious activity taking place? Didn’t the people who were in charge of the field trip already know that this prayer would take place as part of the itinerary? Hindsight is always 20/20 but perhaps someone could have found this out ahead of time and given people the choice to opt out. Or is this being narrow-minded and bigoted? I can only imagine that a lot of teachers as well as students were too uncomfortable once the prayer started to do anything but participate. What an awkward situation to have to be in.
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