• Re: Palo Alto School Sued Over Class Field Trip to Mosque

    From Rhino@3:633/10 to All on Mon Aug 17 18:51:52 2026
    On 2026-08-17 3:30 p.m., BTR1701 wrote:
    Something tells me that if the school district packed the kids off and sent them to a Catholic church or a Jewish synagogue for a day of instruction on the faith, the same leftists that have no problem with this Islamic indoctrination would shit kittens and file lawsuits faster than you could blink.

    And considering that California consistently ranks 49 or 50 in academic performance of kids grades 6-12 (even Alabama beats us), why is any of this taking up even one second of school time?

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    https://nypost.com/2026/08/15/us-news/palo-alto-high-school-students-encouraged-to-wear-hijabs-given-qurans-during-class-trip-to-mosque-suit/

    Parents of Bay Area high school students taken on a field trip to a mosque are
    suing over the visit-- alleging students were encouraged to wear hijabs and given Qurans.


    A Toronto school had issues a year or two back when a bunch of their
    students were sent on a field trip in town. They were supposed to
    OBSERVE a demonstration about water issues at a native reserve; instead,
    they ended up PARTICIPATING in a pro-Palestinian (= pro-Hamas) rally
    that turned out to be not entirely peaceful. Some parents were very
    unhappy and made a stink but I don't know if they went as far as a
    lawsuit, although I think they should have.

    As for religious indoctrination, I remember some visitor coming to our classroom around Grade 5 and giving us each our own New Testament. I
    don't remember any kerfuffle about that but that was back when
    non-Christians would be exceedingly few and far between. I'd be shocked
    if they still allowed that for fear of offending the Religion of Pieces.

    --
    Rhino

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  • From NoBody@3:633/10 to All on Tue Aug 18 07:12:10 2026
    On Mon, 17 Aug 2026 19:30:27 -0000 (UTC), BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com>
    wrote:

    Something tells me that if the school district packed the kids off and sent >them to a Catholic church or a Jewish synagogue for a day of instruction on >the faith, the same leftists that have no problem with this Islamic >indoctrination would shit kittens and file lawsuits faster than you could >blink.

    And considering that California consistently ranks 49 or 50 in academic >performance of kids grades 6-12 (even Alabama beats us), why is any of this >taking up even one second of school time?

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    https://nypost.com/2026/08/15/us-news/palo-alto-high-school-students-encouraged-to-wear-hijabs-given-qurans-during-class-trip-to-mosque-suit/

    Parents of Bay Area high school students taken on a field trip to a mosque are >suing over the visit-- alleging students were encouraged to wear hijabs and >given Qurans.


    I think that should be the remediation. Take them to a Sunday mass.

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