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Orthodox Christian Sensitivity Training in public schools

No surprise these days what the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals does, but really, THIS from the court that wants "under God" removed from the pledge? I might suggest if this is being done in public schools in order to increase cultural awareness, that they do the same for eastern European, Greek, African and Middle Eastern immigrants who are Orthdoox. (Key in particularly on those who have more melanin, because...well...that will earn you some extra points.)

Here's my plan as compared to the current one in California:

California's 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled it's OK to put public-school kids through Muslim role-playing exercises, including:

And of course, afterwards we will be having Orthodox Christian Role Playing!

Reciting aloud Muslim prayers that begin with "In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful . . . ."

Cool, and in our course they will recite prayers like: “In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. O heavenly King, the Comforter…”

Memorizing the Muslim profession of faith: "Allah is the only true God and Muhammad is his messenger."

Awesome, so in our course the kids will learn the Orthodox Symbol of Faith: “I believe in one God, the Father Almighty…”

Chanting "Praise be to Allah" in response to teacher prompts.

Yes! And in our course they will learn the various seasonal proclamations and responses, such as: “Christ is Risen! Indeed He is Risen!”

Professing as "true" the Muslim belief that "The Holy Quran is God's word."

And in our course, the children will go through the renunciations and affirmations offered during Chrismantion...though we'll only actually Chrismate those who get a permission slip signed by their parent(s), or parent/partner.

Giving up candy and TV to demonstrate Ramadan, the Muslim holy month of fasting.

Say goodbye to meat and dairy in our course, kids!

Designing prayer rugs, taking an Arabic name and essentially "becoming a Muslim" for two full weeks.

Right on! In our course the kids will learn to make prayer ropes, take on some cool Orthodox names like “Seraphim(a)” or “Ephrem(ia)” and essentially becoming Orthodox for two full weeks. The last couple of days we will include an intense sensitivity training program in which some of the students will assume the role of either atheistic Communist government authorites or Islamic Turkish oppressors who will arrest/persecute/martyr the Orthodox Christians and turn their churches either into Mosques or Museums. We might also try hauling off the kids' pets to be indoctrinated and made killing machines in an enemy army.

Of course the 9th Circuit Court would see the term "Christian", and the ACLU lawyer could show up drunk and naked and still get it shot down.