In January, I blogged about Christian parents suing a school district near St. Louis to stop Bible distribution in classrooms. Christians suing to stop Bible distribution? I tagged the post “Comedy” and “Lunacy” because I thought it was, well, funny and crazy.
As I was writing the post, however, something occurred to me. Maybe those parents had a point. Toward the end of the post, I wrote:
[L]et’s look at this a different way. Although a majority of Americans would identify themselves as Christians (as opposed to Muslims), the country isn’t religiously homogenous anymore. How would you feel about Muslims distributing Korans in public school classrooms? If a Muslim teacher visited your kid’s classroom every week to give a Koran lesson, what would you do? I wouldn’t like it. I’d probably file suit. Does that make me a hypocrite?
Perhaps that’s why these Christian parents in South Iron School District sued, to pre-empt such scenarios, to get rid of all religious books in classrooms before Muslims and others demand to distribute their literature.
Christians have fought for issues like prayer in government schools, access to meeting rooms on school grounds, etc., citing religious freedom, but the tide is turning. Although followers of Islam are a minority in the United States, they’re becoming more vocal every day.
Will Muslim students start asking for (or demanding) breaks to pray (as they must do five times a day)? What if prayer times fall during class hours? Would it be unlawfully discriminatory against other students and a violation of the Establishment Clause to excuse Muslim students from class to pray? Will Muslim parents begin demanding special accommodations for foot baths? Perhaps these things are already happening.
The un-PC among us (ME!) can openly and without reservation acknowledge that terrorism around the globe is being committed by followers of Allah. That is relevant to the discussion.
While I don’t believe the Establishment or Free Exercise Clauses created any such doctrine called “separation of church and state,” maybe the idea isn’t such a bad one after all. 
Sort-of-Related Update: Five reasons Muslims convert to Christianity, according to a survey of 750 former Muslims. An excerpt:
1. The lifestyle of Christians. Former Muslims cited the love that Christians exhibited in their relationships with non-Christians and their treatment of women as equals.
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4. The spiritual truth in the Bible. Muslims are generally taught that the Torah, Psalms, and the Gospels are from God, but that they became corrupted. These Christian converts said, however, that the truth of God found in Scripture became compelling for them and key to their understanding of God’s character.5. Biblical teachings about the love of God. In the Qur’an, God’s love is conditional, but God’s love for all people was especially eye-opening for Muslims. These converts were moved by the love expressed through the life and teachings of Jesus. The next step for many Muslims was to become part of a fellowship of loving Christians.
