Posted on 11/09/2009 10:02:16 AM PST by bs9021
Limits To Diversity & Tolerance
Malcolm A. Kline, November 9, 2009
When school district representatives told a Southern California teacher to remove the banners he had on display in his classroom, “diversity” and “tenure” were used to justify the order, according to Robert Muise, a lawyer for the Michigan-based Thomas More Law Center.
“Mr. Johnson, if a Muslim student came in here, he wouldn’t be comfortable,” bureaucrats told the educator, Muise said at a Capitol Hill seminar on October 28, 2009....
(Excerpt) Read more at academia.org ...
I removed my daughter from a school once I learned why they did not recite the the Pledge of Alligence: Why pledge alligence to a flag? We have kids from other countries here.
I was furious that something that basic wasn’t taught in a PRIVATE school. Of course I had trouble getting her records transferred.
Who gives a f**king damn?????
I was curious to see what the banners contained that might offend a Muslim student, so I followed the link. I can only assume they had something to do with American patriotism, but there are no details. Based only on the information given, the banners could have said, “Bacon is tasty.”
If a Christian was “uncomfortable” over a Muslim display, they’d be called “intolerant.”
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