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The term "bully pulpit" stems from President Theodore Roosevelt's reference to the White House as a "bully pulpit," meaning a terrific platform from which to persuasively advocate an agenda. Roosevelt often used the word "bully" as an adjective meaning superb/wonderful. The Bully Pulpit features news, reasoned discourse, opinion and some humor.

Tuesday, July 08, 2008

Going Too Far?

(Fox News) - Two British school boys were given detention after refusing to kneel down and pray to Allah during a religious education lesson for 11 and 12-year-old students.

The Daily Mail reports the class at Alsager High School near Stroke-On-Trent, England, was also told to wear traditional Muslim headscarves. Now some of the parents are outraged.

One mother says, "Making them pray to Allah — who isn't who they worship — is wrong."

And the grandfather of one of the students says, "If Muslims were asked to go to church on Sunday and take Holy Communion there would be war."

The Cheshire County Council has released a statement saying it is looking into the incident.

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