"Separation of Church and State" depends on whose Church it is…

Thanks to Investor's Business Daily for this one:

In a recent federal decision that got surprisingly little press, even from conservative talk radio, California's 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled it's OK to put public-school kids through Muslim role-playing exercises, including:

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


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


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


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


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


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

"Merry Christmas"? Dangerous.

"Praise be to Allah." No problem…