A US school district has canceled a field trip to religious
sites because the sites includes a Mosque. The district halted the trip after
the stepfather of a student accused the school of promoting Islam.
The Parent who made the complaint, Mike Conner said the
issue surfaced when some other parents asked about a planned field trip to a
mosque and a Hindu temple during the school's back-to-school night.
Conner said
parents raised concerns about the trip because the 36-week world studies course
was only going to be visiting the two religious venues.
For the past 10 years, Hendersonville High School has
offered an honors world studies class in which students spend three weeks
learning about Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Hindu and Islam.
As a result of this, the school has canceled all trips to
religious sites.
Sourced from: http://timesfreepress.com/news/2013/sep/21/tennessee-school-district-halts-field-trips-religi/
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