All schools shut down in Augusta County, Virginia, Because CALLIGRAPHY!?!

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101. Sure.

I think the only reason it doesn't happen is that the country has until very recently been majority Christian, so nobody thought it was a necessary class to take. It is part of Western culture anyway. I learned about it in church and Sunday school. Would you object to Muslims learning about the Lord's Prayer? In fact wouldn't we criticize Muslims countries for not teaching their students about other religions? (Which is likely the case).

Again, writing this out does not turn the student into a Muslim.

It would be like teaching the writings of Marx to high school students. How would we feel about right wing parents who made a big deal out of that?

The whole idea that just hearing about something or even writing it out is going to be a huge influence and cause students to go against the way they were raised is just so superstitious. Reminds me of right wingers saying Obama is a Marxist, since his mother had some Marxist friend. Gives such power to the undesired ideology.