Separation of Church and State? For a Christian at a high school Graduation, but not for an Islamic footbath? - Granite Grok

Separation of Church and State? For a Christian at a high school Graduation, but not for an Islamic footbath?

Remington Reimer Silenced
Screenshot from YouTube

It is graduation time around the country, and once again, wussy school districts all over just can’t stand the idea of having to face up to ANYone complain that “Thou Shalt Not Pray to God, Thou Shalt Not Praise [the Christian] God, or mention The Bible – else, “they” will sue us.  Yes, we wet ourselves when confronted by controversy in this Publicly constructed Political Correctness Jail that we have built around ourselves.  Like this poor fellow, who simply wanted, at his gradumacation, say “Thank You” – and had his mic cut off.  And now, the Joshua Independent School District has gone all CYA (read more and watch the video at Hot Air).

And then there is the flip side – as this country seems to be sliding more and more to be Orwell’s 1984, it seems that some are more equal than other.  Aw heck – there is a “positive” discrimination towards Muslims as everyone tip-toes around Islamic Jihadi terrorism, proclaiming that Islam is the Religion of Peace.  Why?  Go ahead, draw a cartoon of Muhammad and hand deliver it to a radical fundamentalist mosque – doubtful you’ll get the Red Carpet treatment (and yes, I will resist typing the snarky comment here – just to make you think).

Back to topic – so a high school grad can’t mention God.  The ACLU and the militant Atheist groups sue to not have graduations in churches (even if they are the only venue that can handle such crowds), to remove creches at Christmas, remove the 10 Commandments, free Bibles from the Gideons in hotels…yeah, the whole 9 yards.

Royal Cab driver Hasan Khan washes at cleansing station furnished by the airport.
Royal Cab driver Hasan Khan washes at cleansing station furnished by the airport.

BUT!  Taxpayers be forced to pay for Islamic prayers at San Francisco Airport for a smallish number of Muslim cabbies; from Creeping Shariah:

San Fran airport’s garage now a mosque complete w Islamic foot bath

Praying for our demise. via Airport’s garage now Muslim house of worship (h/t: SFGate)

Here’s a sign of the changing times — Muslim cabbies now have their very own place at San Francisco International Airport to wash their hands and feet before they pray.

Under Islamic law, Muslims are required to pray five times a day — a ritual that also calls for a ceremonial cleansing.

For many cab drivers, that’s meant either lugging bottled water around or using one of the bathrooms inside the terminal to wash — a practice not always welcomed by airport passengers.

So Royal Cab driver Hasan Khan, 52, a Pakistani immigrant, collected some 300 signatures from fellow cabbies, urging the airport to give them their own cleansing station.

Airport brass obliged — and the wash equipment was installed on the ground floor of the main garage, right next to where the drivers congregate for their breaks.

Dar Ar-Islam:  An abode, country, territory, or land where Islamic sovereignty prevails.  In Dar al-Islam, the citizenry abide by the ordinances, rules, edicts, and assembly of Islam.

Even as US Military chaplains are threatened over their free expression of religion…fairness?

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