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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Thanks to some of the (minority of) constructive comments in this thread. I took the opportunity that this field trip brought and started a long conversation about how religion, in general, treat women and also how my kids think/feel about this. It is fantastic to see my kids grow into sensible and respecting human beings. The conversation is enriching both for me and for my kids, I hope! For that I thank the school and some of you people with your different perspectives.

Apparently, the school change the mosque they are planning on visiting and are no longer requiring girls to cover their head/hair. As far as I know the school decided this on their own (I didn't complain nor did any of the other parents I talked to about this issue). This speaks well of Deal, I think.

In any case, I had decided to let my kids decide what to do. They told me that they didn't mind covering their hair/head, that they find it strange but they wanted to go on the field trip. I told them that I respected their decision and that was happy for them.

For me, it was an interesting learning experience as well.

Finally, I want to say that many of you need to slow down before insulting/jumping to conclusions about fellow posters here. FWIW, I wrote only the comments announcing that I was OP and I don't think I was disrespectful. Maybe I was inaccurate, maybe my tone was wrong? I don't know. But many of you jump off at me with insults or misrepresenting the things I said. It's ok, it's an anonymous forum and it's always hard to have a nuanced conversation via writing only. If anything, this also confirm that religion is poison. This is not hate: I don't hate religious people; you are free to believe and do whatever you want as long as you don't bother your fellow citizens/neighbors. Be happy, be well. In peace,

OP.  [/quote]

I was doing well with your update until I got to “if anything, this also confirms that religion is poison.” You may not hate religious people, but perhaps you can spend some more time looking at the good religion brings. I’m glad your children will be on this trip. I suspect they’ll see some of that.

-a person who came to religion late in life because of the positive relationships I formed with faithful people[/quote]

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