Palo Alto High School parents are suing the school because students participating in its "Social Justice Pathway" were instructed to engage in Islamic religious practices during a mosque field trip.
— Marc Joffe (@marcjoffe) August 15, 2026
Why does a public school even have a "Social Justice Pathway". pic.twitter.com/BTYq6lRoSC
Anarchistbear said:Palo Alto High School parents are suing the school because students participating in its "Social Justice Pathway" were instructed to engage in Islamic religious practices during a mosque field trip.
— Marc Joffe (@marcjoffe) August 15, 2026
Why does a public school even have a "Social Justice Pathway". pic.twitter.com/BTYq6lRoSC
The social justice pathway to a lawsuit
wifeisafurd said:Anarchistbear said:Palo Alto High School parents are suing the school because students participating in its "Social Justice Pathway" were instructed to engage in Islamic religious practices during a mosque field trip.
— Marc Joffe (@marcjoffe) August 15, 2026
Why does a public school even have a "Social Justice Pathway". pic.twitter.com/BTYq6lRoSC
The social justice pathway to a lawsuit
Do you think the idiots are the school district, the plaintiff attorneys or both?
Anarchistbear said:wifeisafurd said:Anarchistbear said:Palo Alto High School parents are suing the school because students participating in its "Social Justice Pathway" were instructed to engage in Islamic religious practices during a mosque field trip.
— Marc Joffe (@marcjoffe) August 15, 2026
Why does a public school even have a "Social Justice Pathway". pic.twitter.com/BTYq6lRoSC
The social justice pathway to a lawsuit
Do you think the idiots are the school district, the plaintiff attorneys or both?
The parents and the school district.
wifeisafurd said:
I see everyone is a legal expert.
My public high school didn't have us visiting different religious houses of worship. I suspect they wanted more separation of church and state, which also used to be part of our constitution, but may be not with the current SCOTUS. But the actual name of the lead plaintiff is Community Members for Religious Neutrality in Public Schools, which by the way is an advocacy group which is well beyond Palo Alto parents.
As the risk of again agreeing with Dajo, it is was dumb to take the student to where where they are forced to participate in formal religious activities, and the way things are going this isn't a jury trial, but a Judge concluding by a matter of law discrimination occurred. Certainly the way federal judges are going - see the recent cases where UCLA got hammered as an example. You have for example, Jewish kids who were forced have picture taken of them inside a Mosque in traditional Muslim garb and the pictures were then posted on the internet without anyone's approval, which is going to be as per se privacy privacy violation. If you are going down the woke way of propagandizing your curriculum with social justice classes (no one is alleging this was a religious studies class) at least use common sense.
Without minimizing what the Dajo said, and the church and state problems. my concern is more that those with resources simply feel privileged to sue (and it isn't just liberals) about everything they don't like rather than simply adjust their lives to accommodate their views. You don't like what you see as woke brainwashing or unbalanced social justice, just move your kids out of the system, and vote out the School Board. Not everything has to be a Federal case.
oski003 said:wifeisafurd said:
I see everyone is a legal expert.
My public high school didn't have us visiting different religious houses of worship. I suspect they wanted more separation of church and state, which also used to be part of our constitution, but may be not with the current SCOTUS. But the actual name of the lead plaintiff is Community Members for Religious Neutrality in Public Schools, which by the way is an advocacy group which is well beyond Palo Alto parents.
As the risk of again agreeing with Dajo, it is was dumb to take the student to where where they are forced to participate in formal religious activities, and the way things are going this isn't a jury trial, but a Judge concluding by a matter of law discrimination occurred. Certainly the way federal judges are going - see the recent cases where UCLA got hammered as an example. You have for example, Jewish kids who were forced have picture taken of them inside a Mosque in traditional Muslim garb and the pictures were then posted on the internet without anyone's approval, which is going to be as per se privacy privacy violation. If you are going down the woke way of propagandizing your curriculum with social justice classes (no one is alleging this was a religious studies class) at least use common sense.
Without minimizing what the Dajo said, and the church and state problems. my concern is more that those with resources simply feel privileged to sue (and it isn't just liberals) about everything they don't like rather than simply adjust their lives to accommodate their views. You don't like what you see as woke brainwashing or unbalanced social justice, just move your kids out of the system, and vote out the School Board. Not everything has to be a Federal case.
Not sure this applies here but when I register my kids for school each year, there is a box to opt out of allowing pictures of your kids to be posted.
wifeisafurd said:
I see everyone is a legal expert.
My public high school didn't have us visiting different religious houses of worship. I suspect they wanted more separation of church and state, which also used to be part of our constitution, but may be not with the current SCOTUS. But the actual name of the lead plaintiff is Community Members for Religious Neutrality in Public Schools, which by the way is an advocacy group which is well beyond Palo Alto parents.
As the risk of again agreeing with Dajo, it is was dumb to take the student to where where they are forced to participate in formal religious activities, and the way things are going this isn't a jury trial, but a Judge concluding by a matter of law discrimination occurred. Certainly the way federal judges are going - see the recent cases where UCLA got hammered as an example. You have for example, Jewish kids who were forced have picture taken of them inside a Mosque in traditional Muslim garb and the pictures were then posted on the internet without anyone's approval, which is going to be as per se privacy privacy violation. If you are going down the woke way of propagandizing your curriculum with social justice classes (no one is alleging this was a religious studies class) at least use common sense.
Without minimizing what the Dajo said, and the church and state problems. my concern is more that those with resources simply feel privileged to sue (and it isn't just liberals) about everything they don't like rather than simply adjust their lives to accommodate their views. You don't like what you see as woke brainwashing or unbalanced social justice, just move your kids out of the system, and vote out the School Board. Not everything has to be a Federal case.
socaltownie said:wifeisafurd said:
I
I It is the fact that islam is scary to them.
wifeisafurd said:socaltownie said:wifeisafurd said:
I
I It is the fact that islam is scary to them.
Im sure with the recent cases in the CA federal courts about what happened on campuses, the plaintiff attorneys are licking their chops this occurred at a Mosque.
wifeisafurd said:
I see everyone is a legal expert.
My public high school didn't have us visiting different religious houses of worship. I suspect they wanted more separation of church and state, which also used to be part of our constitution, but may be not with the current SCOTUS. But the actual name of the lead plaintiff is Community Members for Religious Neutrality in Public Schools, which by the way is an advocacy group which is well beyond Palo Alto parents.
As the risk of again agreeing with Dajo, it is was dumb to take the student to where where they are forced to participate in formal religious activities, and the way things are going this isn't a jury trial, but a Judge concluding by a matter of law discrimination occurred. Certainly the way federal judges are going - see the recent cases where UCLA got hammered as an example. You have for example, Jewish kids who were forced have picture taken of them inside a Mosque in traditional Muslim garb and the pictures were then posted on the internet without anyone's approval, which is going to be as per se privacy privacy violation. If you are going down the woke way of propagandizing your curriculum with social justice classes (no one is alleging this was a religious studies class) at least use common sense.
Without minimizing what the Dajo said, and the church and state problems. my concern is more that those with resources simply feel privileged to sue (and it isn't just liberals) about everything they don't like rather than simply adjust their lives to accommodate their views. You don't like what you see as woke brainwashing or unbalanced social justice, just move your kids out of the system, and vote out the School Board. Not everything has to be a Federal case.
dajo9 said:
Been enjoying the show The Audacity which takes place in Silicon Valley. Anybody else see that show? It's very good.
smh said:dajo9 said:
Been enjoying the show The Audacity which takes place in Silicon Valley. Anybody else see that show? It's very good.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt30923123
huh, tnx, but we don't get the amc channel.
sycasey said:
Gonna need some more context on what actually happened here.
There was a field trip to a mosque. I can see several good educational reasons for that. Was this trip about promoting a particular religion or just learning about it?
The story states that students "were taught" that Islam promotes social justice. Who said that, exactly? The teacher? A school representative? Or an unscripted comment from someone who works at the mosque?
The story also says that students "were encouraged" to wear hijabs and to take home a Quran. Again, who encouraged this and what is the context? If they are just free parting gifts on the way out the door then that's very different from requiring them in order to participate in a group activity.
I went to a Christian (Lutheran, specifically) school for elementary. My fourth grade teacher once took us to a synagogue to learn about Judaism. Never felt indoctrinated (obviously that school wasn't trying to do that), just felt like I learned more about what Jews believe. But of course, these days people will find cause to flip the **** out whenever Muslims are involved. I would need to know more before I determine whether or not flipping out was warranted.
dajo9 said:
> I get it on Netflix
smh said:dajo9 said:
> I get it on Netflix
huh, dint notice till you said so, aand we get NF too, so thanks.
cbbass1 said:wifeisafurd said:socaltownie said:wifeisafurd said:
I
I It is the fact that islam is scary to them.
Im sure with the recent cases in the CA federal courts about what happened on campuses, the plaintiff attorneys are licking their chops this occurred at a Mosque.
Why?
Christians, Jews, and Muslims all pray to the same God -- the God of Abraham.
If a Christian or Jew were encouraged to pray with Muslims in a mosque, they're praying to the same God as Christians in a Christian Church, or Jews in a Synagogue.
I would be astonished if the Imam, or the lay leaders at the mosque didn't make this exact point.
In fact, they may have asked a critically important question: "Why all the hate?"
Why, indeed?!
Again -- the Plaintiff parents & counsel are going to have a lotta 'splainin' to do.
