The American left is very effective when it comes to keeping prayer out of public schools. One has to wonder if they will use their skills to stop this…

“LEWISTON — A national Muslim civil rights organization has filed a formal request with the Lewiston School Department to allow a middle school student to pray on school property. The group also wants Lewiston to modify existing policy and provide “constitutionally protected religious accommodation,” such as a designated prayer room.”

“The group has also requested the school department institute diversity training for school staff, and to ensure the middle-schooler won’t face retaliation because of her request to pray at the Lewiston Middle School.”

“According to the Washington, D.C.,-based Council on American-Islamic Relations, seventh-grader Nasra Aden had been routinely “praying discreetly during her free time or lunch break in a corner of a school hallway.” But, on Tuesday, CAIR asserts a teacher told Aden “never to pray on school property” after Aden was seen preparing to kneel in prayer in a corner of one of the hallways.”

“CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper said Friday that if the Lewiston School Department did not address its four requests to allow prayer, modify school policy, institute training and protect Aden from retaliation, “we wouldn’t really have much choice but to take the case further” because “the student has the legal right and the constitutional right to pray in school in a manner that is not disruptive to the learning environment.”

Maine could learn a thing or two from Tennessee. Paging the ACLU…

“ASHLAND CITY, Tenn. (ABP) — Tennessee’s chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit Nov. 16 accusing the Cheatham County Board of Education of ignoring more than four decades of court decisions interpreting the separation of church and state.”

“The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, claims board members and the principals of two schools for years have endorsed and promoted religion through extracurricular activities like marching band, choir and sports; classroom instruction and related content; and graduation ceremonies and other school events.”

I sure hope the ACLU goes after CAIR for trying to provide “constitutionally protected religious accommodation” like prayer rooms in public schools. They wouldn’t want to be seen as hypocrites, would they?

The people of Maine should weigh in here, too. Will they be OK with their tax dollars being used to create “prayer rooms” for Muslims in their publicly funded schools?

Most likely, liberals will have no problem with any of this. Unless of course, Muslims in Maine suddenly want to put up Christmas Trees in the schools.

After all, that would be an outrage.