It is sad to me that God was thrown out of schools.
Why not have Christianity? If others are allowed, why not God and Jesus?
IMOO.
Yeah-- so why not the After School Satan Club? Christian clubs, IMO, have no more business being "hosted" in public schools than Islam, or any other religion. Churches without permanent homes do "rent" public school auditoriums and gymnasiums frequently in our area, but they pay RENT to the school district to have services. No literature is left behind, no signs-- portable signs on the day of worship, etc.
Heck, we had a Muslim "Madrassa", called TIZA public charter school, paid for by all of the state tax payers $$.....until it was shut down.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarek_ibn_Ziyad_Academy
Tarek ibn Ziyad Academy (TIZA) was an elementary school (K-8) in Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota named after Tarek ibn Ziyad, the Berber general of medieval Algeria who entered Gibraltar in 711 CE on behalf of the Umayyad Caliphate and defeated the Visigoths. The school is sponsored by Islamic Relief USA.[1] The school has a primarily Muslim student body and has been embroiled in a number of controversies regarding the separation of church and state. The school has a waiting list of 1,500 students.[2] Around 80% of students are English language learners. Despite this, the school has one of the highest reading scores on standardized tests in the state.[3] As of July 2011 TiZA has been shut down by order of the Minnesota Education Department, due to lack of an approved charter school sponsor.[4]
Controversy[edit]
Star Tribune columnist Katherine Kersten spurred an inquiry into TiZA by the Minnesota Department of Education after her column suggested the school had violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution by teaching religion in the schools. The accusation was made by Republican Party activist Amanda Getz, who closely collaborated with Katherine Kersten as part of her ongoing efforts to close down the school.[13]
The Department of Education found that the school had violated some lesser statutes, involving seat time and busing, but that it was not teaching Islam to students.[13][14]
When a news crew from KSTP-TV entered the school grounds to ask for a comment about the MDoE findings, school director Asad Zaman and another school official grabbed the crew's camera. Police were already in the area at the time of the incident. No charges against KSTP (for trespassing) or the school officials (for assault) were pursued.[15]
Not "teaching" Islam, lol....but promoting it, scheduling prayer time, incorporating the Koran and islamic history and principles into daily routines on a mandatory basis, and doing a whole bunch of other things that a religious based school does. So it depends on how one defines "teaching". That TIZA existed as long as it did as a public school is jaw-dropping, and illegal in a huge number of ways-- but political correctness and liberal principles pushed it along until it crashed.
Religious schools are fine, IMO, but they belong as PRIVATE schools-- and that includes "clubs". Religion does not belong in Public Schools. Religious accommodations (for staff and students), when they otherwise can't be avoided, IMO, should be unobtrusive to the general student body, and general public, and kept as quiet and hidden as possible to still "accommodate" students. MOO. It's a private thing if you need accommodations, IMO-- no grandstanding or public/ personal promotion should be permitted, to prevent religious activism and religious
coercion in schools.
The "Satan" club is tongue-in-cheek satire, based on the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. The humor of the Flying Spaghetti Monster has given way to the "Satan Club", to get more of people's attention to the church and state separation issues, IMO. If the "Good News" club can be there, so can the "Satan Club", IMO.
If Santa Claus, and snow men, and Halloween, and Christmas are banned from art projects and any mention in public schools, and we have to "pretend" with "holiday" and "winter" observances to placate other religions, then we should be
consistent with Christian Clubs being banned, as well as "Satan Clubs."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Spaghetti_Monster