I hate to break it to you....but the teaching of religion is NOT against the separation of Church and State.
There are curriculums being taught about Christianity as well. The teaching of world religions is acceptable as long as they are being treated equally.
A "SIMULATION" is an acceptable way to teach. I have read every link atttached to your article. and sure enough they are being treated equally
[Q]7.2 Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the civilizations of Islam in the Middle Ages.
Identify the physical features and describe the climate of the Arabian peninsula, its relationship to surrounding bodies of land and water, and nomadic and sedentary ways of life.
Trace the origins of Islam and the life and teachings of Mohammad, including Islamic teachings on the connection with Judaism and Christianity.
Explain the significance of the Koran and the Sunnah as the primary sources of Islamic beliefs, practice, and law, and their influence in Muslims' daily life.
Discuss the expansion of Muslim rule through military conquests and treaties, emphasizing the cultural blending within Muslim civilization and the spread and acceptance of Islam and the Arabic language.
Describe the growth of cities and the establishment of trade routes among Asia, Africa, and Europe, the products and inventions that traveled along these routes (e.g., spices, textiles, paper, steel, new crops), and the role of merchants in Arab society.
Understand the intellectual exchanges among Muslim scholars of Eurasia and Africa and the contributions Muslim scholars made to later civilizations in the areas of science, geography, mathematics, philosophy, medicine, art, and literature.[/Q]
the state guidelines encourage teachers to use [Q]"simulations, role playing and dramatizations"[/Q]
and as for Christianity
[Q]"6. Note the origins of Christianity in the Jewish-Messianic Prophecies, the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as described in the New Testament, and the contribution of St. Paul the Apostle to the definition and spread of Christian beliefs (e.g., belief in the Trinity, resurrection, salvation)."[/Q]
All from the State Board of Education Guidelines as to how teachers are supposed to teach and what they are supposed to teach.
http://www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/index.asp
Now the fact that this became an issue after 9-11 is VERY telling.
The article in my opinion is an inflamatory piece of poo.
This thread is close to it.
You attack San Fransisco in your thread title, funny, they are doing what the state asked them to do.
ACLU bashing...great.
