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In Support of the Freedom to Teach and Learn About the Religion of Islam

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Meg Howell
10 years ago Featured

I want the best possible education for my children and that includes learning about other people and their culture and religion. We live in a global society and to deny this would stunt our children's chances to advance in the real world.

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Julie Hinton
10 years ago Featured

I don't understand the level of fear that some have of learning about various faiths. I attended Catholic school as a child and at university and learning about other faiths was a normal part of the curriculum. Nobody was "converted" by this.

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Eva Daneker
10 years ago Featured

TIme to just let the teachers teach! How can it be a bad thing for our not so very diverse county's children to learn a little about others so that they might understand people that they meet or hear of in the future?

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Anonymous
10 years ago

Fear and bigotry stem from ignorance, and will always prevail if we allow the fear to curtail our kids' education and knowledge.

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Anonymous
10 years ago

Love WCS. Let the teachers teach!

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Jody Wallace
10 years ago Featured

I am confident kids aren't being indoctrinated into Islam in our schools. This whole recent hubbub is utterly ridiculous. If anything, the schools sway more towards Christianity. My kids enjoyed the study of various religions and their influence on history.

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Anonymous
10 years ago

I support and have confidence in the teaching abilities of teachers in Williamson County.

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William Berger
10 years ago Featured

I am a pastor of a Christian church in Franklin and fully support this petition. We support our schools in the task of teaching our children about the full range of religious life in a neutral fashion. This is what they are doing.

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D Reynolds
10 years ago

Now that I know more facts, I understand. Maybe parents need to be informed on some details. Thanks.

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Rick Heagerty
10 years ago

If Paige Mills says this is a good thing, then I'm for it.

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Paige Mills
10 years ago

Teaching is not the same as preaching. Let us educate our children for a global economy.

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Tanya Iddings
10 years ago

Lets not blind our children to the world around them. Lets teach them. Let them see the role various religions have played in history.

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Steve Brownlee
10 years ago

It is illogical and against the will of our way of life, and the tenets of our political system, to deny this education to our children. Otherwise, we would be bigots and hypocrites.

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Crystal Freemon
10 years ago Featured

As my nine year old said, we send our children to school to learn, so let the teachers teach. I want my daughters to understand the world around them, and to possess a desire to learn...not a fear of it.

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Steven Pidgley
10 years ago

How are our children supposed to learn if various parts of History is erased from their curriculum. So Narrow minded