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Catholic school girl who refused headscarf for mosque trip labelled a truant
By JAMES TOZER
Last updated at 3:13 PM on 13th May 2010

A Roman Catholic schoolgirl has been labelled a truant after she refused to wear a headscarf during a compulsory trip to a mosque.
Amy Owen, 14, and fellow girl pupils at a Catholic secondary school were told to cover their heads and wear trousers or leggings out of respect for their Muslim hosts.
But when her mother objected, saying she did not want her daughter to 'dress as a Muslim', she received a sternly worded warning letter from the headmaster saying she had no choice.

Michelle Davies' daughter Amy Owen was ordered to wear a headscarf and trousers or leggings for a school trip to a mosque
Peter Lee, head of Ellesmere Port Catholic High School in Cheshire, informed her that the local diocese 'requires' pupils to have an understanding of other religions.
In the letter - with words in block capitals and underlined - Mr Lee said the visit was 'as compulsory as a geography field trip'.
He added: 'There are two reasons for these visits. One is that the scheme of work in religious studies REQUIRES children to have knowledge and understanding of other world religions.
'The second is that the school is REQUIRED to promote tolerance respect and understanding. This is known as community cohesion.
'A failure to do this could result in an unwelcome inspection judgement. None of us would relish that.
'Whilst I may not require you to pay for this I must require your child to participate.
Amy's mother Michelle Davies refused to back down and, after being told no teachers would be back at school to keep an eye on her daughter, she kept her at home, citing religious objections - as did as many as ten other families.
Yesterday, after the school acted on its threat to class Amy's absence as truancy, Miss Davies accused it of discriminating against Christian pupils.
'It's like they're putting a gun to your head - either you go to a mosque, or you're marked down as an unauthorised absence on your record - that's it no two ways about it,' the 34-year-old said.
'It's like they are saying she is playing truant for not wearing a head scarf. If the trip had been without the leggings and the headscarf, that would have been fine but I wasn't having my daughter dressed in the Muslim way.
'She's proud of her school uniform and what it represents and she should be able to wear it like she would on any normal school trip............>>>>..................>>>>...................Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new.....t.html#ixzz0zsqx80Zo

I'm speechless! I have to process this one!

The Church has been in self-destruct mode for 50 years so no surprise to me. they have surrendered to the forces of communism, and now Islam, with the rest of the West in general. We are the last sanctuary yet we are getting our doors kicked in from the inside by the democraps and liberals in the GOP.

What are public schools doing taking kids to a 'religious outing'? And what were the parents thinking, allowing their kids to attend??

Now let me see if I have this right...........public schools have banned prayer and bibles in school BUT they can go on field trips to mosques and join in on their prayer time!!!

The Catholic school can do as they please since they are PRIVATE.....but a PUBLIC school????

Religion.......meet......religion.............I will bring the lamb for sacrifice next time.......