Here is a question for you: Do you think that public schools ought to ban the wearing of head scarves or burqas by Moslem girls?
The normal answer from most of the media would be NEVER! Banning head scarves would infringe upon the religious freedom of Moslems. A girl who wears a head scarf or even a burqa is not imposing her views on others; they do not have to join in.
I happen to agree completely with this view. So long as the practice does not interfere with the education provided for any of the children, the expression of religious views ought to be allowed. indeed, the only issue is whether or not these restrictions limit physical education, but that is something which could probably be worked out.
What surprises me, however, is why the same media says nothing when a school bans something similar coming from Christians. Yesterday's news included a piece about how an elementary school in Alabama has cancelled an annual Easter egg hunt "in order to promote religious diversity". The children were not required to participate. The Easter egg hunt in no way impinged upon the education. But the liberals, particularly in the media, cheered on this attack on the Christians who desired to participate.
Stopping the Easter egg hunt is not just wrong; it is idiotic and discriminatory. What will come next? Will kids who wear crosses be barred from the school? Will religious Jews who wear yamulkas be barred? Will boys named Christian have to use a different name? How about girls named Christina or some variant of that name? Maybe the school should have classes on Christmas just to make the point that it believes in religious diversity.
The principal of the school in Alabama ought to be made to realize that the government in America is not here to promote religious diversity; the government is here to ALLOW religious diversity. It is a distinction that many seem to want to ignore these days.
The normal answer from most of the media would be NEVER! Banning head scarves would infringe upon the religious freedom of Moslems. A girl who wears a head scarf or even a burqa is not imposing her views on others; they do not have to join in.
I happen to agree completely with this view. So long as the practice does not interfere with the education provided for any of the children, the expression of religious views ought to be allowed. indeed, the only issue is whether or not these restrictions limit physical education, but that is something which could probably be worked out.
What surprises me, however, is why the same media says nothing when a school bans something similar coming from Christians. Yesterday's news included a piece about how an elementary school in Alabama has cancelled an annual Easter egg hunt "in order to promote religious diversity". The children were not required to participate. The Easter egg hunt in no way impinged upon the education. But the liberals, particularly in the media, cheered on this attack on the Christians who desired to participate.
Stopping the Easter egg hunt is not just wrong; it is idiotic and discriminatory. What will come next? Will kids who wear crosses be barred from the school? Will religious Jews who wear yamulkas be barred? Will boys named Christian have to use a different name? How about girls named Christina or some variant of that name? Maybe the school should have classes on Christmas just to make the point that it believes in religious diversity.
The principal of the school in Alabama ought to be made to realize that the government in America is not here to promote religious diversity; the government is here to ALLOW religious diversity. It is a distinction that many seem to want to ignore these days.
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