Subject: Re: [LPNY DISCUSS] Islam Day in the public schools Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2003 11:40:31 -0400 To: From: Bob Armstrong I really was surprised to see such a mean spirited post from= Gary . A few days ago I happened to hear an Islamic guy on a C-SPAN= panel answer a question that it's true Moslem husbands always demand= the last word , and that's generally : "Yes, dear". On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 07:59:53 -0400, Sam Sloan wrote: >=A0I really object to this and several of your other postings.= None of this is >=A0involved with Islam. Islam does not require that girls wear a= long black >=A0dress or a veil etc. >=A0At 02:02 AM 9/19/2003 -0400, Gary Popkin wrote: >=A0>I am thinking of suggesting to my school board that we have an= Islam Day in >=A0>our district schools each year so that our students can get an= appreciation >=A0>of one of the world's big three religions. =A0It would go like= this: >=A0> >=A0>Girls would have to come to school in a long black dress and= wear a veil all >=A0>day. =A0Those found violating the dress code would be whipped= and sent home. =A0Bob Armstrong -- http://CoSy.com -- 212-285-1864 Return our Right to Relax : =A0http://ny.lp.org/cgi-bin/petition.cgi?Against_the_Smoking_Ban Computing Environment : =A0http://CoSy/CoSy/ A WTC vision : http://CoSy.com/CoSy/ConicAllConnect/ Liberty : http://CoSy.com/Liberty.htm =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A02003/09/20 11:31:55 AM