Student quits high school choir over Islamic song

[jtemple]

Originally Posted by pauldun170

The kid can go join the table of the kid that quit over Ave Maria.

And all the kids that won't say the Pledge of Allegiance because of the "One nation, under God" line.

[pauldun170]

Originally Posted by jtemple

And all the kids that won't say the Pledge of Allegiance because of the "One nation, under God" line.

and all the kids whose parents complain that the Physics teacher doesn't cover Moses or how the Biology teacher teaches that all life began with a gigantic maglite.

Of the millions of school kids in the United States...I really don't see the 1-10 a year whose parents hold a press conference to protest being an issue or a big deal.

Sometimes lawyers get involved and they run it through the courts but the cases that matter usually have more substance than the whiney attention whore cases such as this one.

[Trip]

Originally Posted by jtemple

And all the kids that won't say the Pledge of Allegiance because of the "One nation, under God" line.

You mean the kids that are saying it correctly instead of the kids who are scared of dirty Commies?

[pauldun170]

Originally Posted by Trip

You mean the kids that are saying it correctly instead of the kids who are scared of dirty Commies?

Knight of Columbus halls may be closing up shop all over the country, but all their damn god plaques and statues will stick around giving the religious folks something to ignore and atheists something to complain about.

[Homeslice]

Like the school said, the choir sings other religious songs, so what is wrong with adding a Muslim one?

Americans need to quit complaining about the whole "there is no other truth but Allah" like as if other religions don't also think theirs is the only true religion. They all do.

[Papa_Complex]

Kid has a right to quit. I don't see anyone getting butt hurt about the other religious songs, though, which they probably should be. Like Amblyopic said at the top of the thread, either ban it all or leave it alone. Personally, I'm in the 'ban it all' camp, when it comes to public education, but some of the greatest and most uplifting music, in history, was written for various religions.

[Trip]

Originally Posted by Papa_Complex

some of the greatest and most uplifting music, in history, was written for various religions.

I am kinda in the ban it all camp, but I don't see the point when it comes to art/literature. Yeah, praying and science it makes sense to be seperate... History, literature, and art; it's most of what is out there. We should learn about it, perform the great music/theater, read the great books, and so forth...

[fatbuckRTO]

You and I have different definitions of "same" and "different."


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Or, do we?

[pauldun170]

If I ever decide to take religion seriously and get all indoctrinated...I'm so going to chart up motherfucking threads like this.

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[jtemple]

I'm not a religious person by any stretch of the imagination. If my kid came to me whining about having to sing something about Allah, I'd tell him to STFU and sing the damn song.