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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kids are in 6th grade at Deal. They are studying religion in their geography class and, as part of the class, the school is organizing a field trip to a mosque, a church, and a synagogue. We are atheist but we understand that learning about religions is part of understanding the world. However, they are asking girls to cover their head/hair when entering the mosque; which I don't like. I mean, I 100% understand that the mosque requires that of women and I respect their requirement. It's their right. As is my right to never enter a mosque (and why I also try to avoid synagogues and churches as much as possible). But now the school is forcing me to tell my kid that I am not signing the consent form for them to go on the field trip. And I have to deal with my kids telling me that they will feel excluded. I guess it is a small price to pay for living in a religious society. I was naive in thinking that a public school wouldn't do this to families...I'm pissed off...End of rant.[/quote] Contact ACLU. That hair requirement is clearly discriminatory.[/quote] Clearly you didn’t go to law school. [/quote] Disagree. I'm a lawyer too. As ppl are saying, the problem is not the mosque and its rules, which it is clearly free to have. The problem is the public school and the gender-disaparate rules.[/quote]
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