The Lambs at Enloe
The massed armadas of political correctness have descended on the head of a hapless social studies teacher at Enloe High.
Robert Escamilla, the ACLU says, has strayed and must be pummeled. His crime: Inviting an Egyptian Christian – who was tortured in
Somebody even dug up one of Escamilla’s former students to pour fuel on the fire. Horror of horrors, the student reports, this is not Escamilla’s first transgression. He once dared to quote the New Testament in school. “It was very plain,” the student told the News and Observer. “If you were not a Christian you were bound for hell.” (I would assume Muslims would say Christians have very little chance of ever reaching the 400 virgins in their version of paradise, too.)
What precisely did the awful terrible Egyptian Christian tell the lambs at Enloe about Islam? He said Muhammad “enslaved people, abused women and taught Muslims to terrorize non-Muslims and force them into Islam.”
Would the ACLU debate the accuracy of that statement? No. But they’d rather those facts not be debated in a public school.
We have developed a peculiar ethic. Christians are fair game but when, say, the Pope criticizes a Muslim all hell breaks loose and the ACLU goes on a rampage. (Who ever heard of the ACLU suing a Muslim?)
Hopefully the School Board will relegate this flap to the dustbin where it belongs. But if not young Mr. Escamilla may need a lawyer. I know several – in either party – who are eyeing higher office who would be glad for the opportunity to defend him.
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The Lambs at Enloe
The massed armadas of political correctness have descended on the head of a hapless social studies teacher at Enloe High.
Robert Escamilla, the ACLU says, has strayed and must be pummeled. His crime: Inviting an Egyptian Christian – who was tortured in
Somebody even dug up one of Escamilla’s former students to pour fuel on the fire. Horror of horrors, the student reports, this is not Escamilla’s first transgression. He once dared to quote the New Testament in school. “It was very plain,” the student told the News and Observer. “If you were not a Christian you were bound for hell.” (I would assume Muslims would say Christians have very little chance of ever reaching the 400 virgins in their version of paradise, too.)
What precisely did the awful terrible Egyptian Christian tell the lambs at Enloe about Islam? He said Muhammad “enslaved people, abused women and taught Muslims to terrorize non-Muslims and force them into Islam.”
Would the ACLU debate the accuracy of that statement? No. But they’d rather those facts not be debated in a public school.
We have developed a peculiar ethic. Christians are fair game but when, say, the Pope criticizes a Muslim all hell breaks loose and the ACLU goes on a rampage. (Who ever heard of the ACLU suing a Muslim?)
Hopefully the School Board will relegate this flap to the dustbin where it belongs. But if not young Mr. Escamilla may need a lawyer. I know several – in either party – who are eyeing higher office who would be glad for the opportunity to defend him.
Click Here to discuss and comment on this and other articles in our Forum.