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Wednesday, October 22, 2014

School to parents: Does your son have to be Buddhist?

“Every day, driving the same route … he would get upset and tell me, ‘Pull over, I’m going to throw up,’” Lane recalled. “What the kicker was is when he told me that he’d rather die than go to school.” ... Those tests routinely featured the question, “Isn’t it amazing what the _____ has made!!!” Fill in the word “Lord” and get extra credit... “She called him stupid," Anna said, "because he believed another religion and he didn’t know all about Christianity.”...

...Troubled by the science tests, Scott Lane, C.C.’s stepfather, decided to do some detective work. He says Negreet often resembled more of a Sunday school than a public school. Prayer at mealtime was commonplace. Bible verses scrolled on an electronic marquee in front of the school. Christian-themed posters adorned the school’s walls. The Lanes said they got the sense the school was systematically proselytizing to its students...

http://america.aljazeera.com/watch/shows/america-tonight/articles/2014/10/21/buddhist-religionschool.html



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