http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=domesticNews&storyID=6911883
This is the story of the school which vetted every historical (or other) document that a teacher, who happened to be a Christian, showed to his pupils, and banned him from showing any documents which contained references to God.
This, of course, included the Declaration of Independence.
One is reminded of the West Wing episode where a school supervisor or inspector who happened to be the Chief of Staff's sister, actually arrested kids who had organised a prayer meeting on their own account, said arrests involving the people being handcuffed while kneeling on the floor. WW plots are frequently taken from life, so if that happened irl it's another example of the same kind of thing.
In an authority in Britain, they are thinking of renaming all the schools so that they don't include the word "Saint" if they happened to be named after saints (British primary schools are specifically religiously sponsored, btw) - why? Because it might offend Muslims, Hindus, Jews etc.
A sense of proportion needs to be exercised, and a lot more tolerance.
Thoughts?
This is the story of the school which vetted every historical (or other) document that a teacher, who happened to be a Christian, showed to his pupils, and banned him from showing any documents which contained references to God.
This, of course, included the Declaration of Independence.
One is reminded of the West Wing episode where a school supervisor or inspector who happened to be the Chief of Staff's sister, actually arrested kids who had organised a prayer meeting on their own account, said arrests involving the people being handcuffed while kneeling on the floor. WW plots are frequently taken from life, so if that happened irl it's another example of the same kind of thing.
In an authority in Britain, they are thinking of renaming all the schools so that they don't include the word "Saint" if they happened to be named after saints (British primary schools are specifically religiously sponsored, btw) - why? Because it might offend Muslims, Hindus, Jews etc.
A sense of proportion needs to be exercised, and a lot more tolerance.
Thoughts?