Oh, God NO! Allah YES! -Sticker God

Would you make sure that an enlarged picture of a nickle on a yearbook cover was removed before approving it? What would be your motivation?

The coin also has “In God We Trust” along the right edge, but the phrase was removed from the yearbook. Instead, the $16 book came with a sticker that gave students the choice of putting the phrase back on the nickel.

I once remember a time when it was argued in the culture that all religions really worshiped the same God. If that was true then no religion (including atheists - the individual is god) would find fault with the phrase. But all religions are somehow threatened by the God of the Christians. The very reminder is not only an offense but a threat.

But when it comes to Allah? What then.

Reciting aloud Muslim prayers that begin with “In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful . . . .”

Memorizing the Muslim profession of faith: “Allah is the only true God and Muhammad is his messenger.”

Chanting “Praise be to Allah” in response to teacher prompts.

Professing as “true” the Muslim belief that “The Holy Quran is God’s word.”

Giving up candy and TV to demonstrate Ramadan, the Muslim holy month of fasting.

Designing prayer rugs, taking an Arabic name and essentially “becoming a Muslim” for two full weeks.

Parents of seventh-graders, who after 9-11 were taught the pro-Islamic lessons as part of California’s world history curriculum, sued under the First Amendment ban on religious establishment. They argued, reasonably, that the government was promoting Islam.

But a federal judge appointed by President Clinton told them in so many words to get over it, that the state was merely teaching kids about another “culture.”

So… the next time you want to say “In ******* We Trust” you may be censored. But anything else is Kosher. Wow. What a thought. Tell that to the Jihadist… Praying to Allah is Kosher. But I digress.