Good news! The United States is now the world leader in education. We are at the top in math, science, language skills and reading. Also, our students are the most physically fit of all children in industrialized nations.
That's why we can take time out of their school days for field trips to mosques, churches and other places of religious worship.
What's that? Public schools are not the proper place to teach religion? Taxpayer money shouldn't be spent on such things, given our nation's policy of separating religion from government?
Well, yes, you might have a point there. But, come on, our national, state and local budgets are practically drowning in surplus dollars. What's the harm? So, our teachers take a few days off from teaching and just enjoy hanging out with their students. And we pay them for their time. So what? Live and let live, I say.
As long as the parents are fully informed and give consent, and the community that pays for this education is in agreement, who are we to say that anything untoward is happening?
Hey, wait a minute. I'm starting to wonder about you. You're not one of those Islamophobes I've been hearing about, are you?
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