Is a school district favoring Muslims during Ramadan, balancing truth and love?

This is Dr. Jim Denison's The Daily Article Podcast for Thursday, May 9th, 2019.

A religious liberty group claims that a school district in the Seattle area has urged teachers to bless Muslim students in Arabic during the month of Ramadan and give them preferential

treatment.

The Freedom of Conscious Defense Fund alleges that the Derringer School District is following

a script written by the Council on American Islamic Relations.

Teachers are reportedly urged to make accommodations for Muslims fasting during Ramadan

and to defer tests scheduled for upcoming Islamic holidays.

An official with the Council on American Islamic Relations states,

pluralism in America means recognizing the wide variety of holidays celebrated by students

of different faiths and backgrounds, including by saying Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah,

Happy Diwali, or Ramadan Mubarak.

The FCDF's executive director disagrees.

A school district would never order teachers to welcome Catholic students during Easter with

He is risen, Alleluia.

Singling out Muslim students for special treatment is blatantly unconstitutional.

We can expect the debate over religious freedom in America

to escalate in the coming years. An op-ed in the New York Times claims that we are taking

religious freedom too far. The writer alleges that conservative Christians are forever trying

to inject their personal religious beliefs into the public sphere. As an example, she points to a baker

in Tennessee who declined to bake a wedding cake for two brides. As an example, she points to a baker in Tennessee who

declined to bake a wedding cake for two brides. In her view, it's illegal for a store owner to

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