Kid Quits Choir

Let the religous wars begin...right here in Colorado.

Of course many of us that participated in High School choir sang Handel's Messiah at some point, which sings of events that are yet to happen at Christ's 2nd coming.  And there was a time as recently as 20 years ago that this grand musical event was attended by all the parents and grandparents of the kids who were singing it...and no one thought anything of it.

But how about if your kid in public schools has to sing a song that sings praises to Allah and/or Muhammad?  Would you be upset?

A Colorado high school student says he quit the school choir after an Islamic song containing the lyric "there is no truth except Allah" made it into the repertoire.

James Harper, a senior at Grand Junction High School in Grand Junction, put his objection to singing "Zikr," a song written by Indian composer A.R. Rahman, in an email to Mesa County School District 51 officials. When the school stood by choir director Marcia Wieland's selection, Harper said, he quit

"I don’t want to come across as a bigot or a racist, but I really don’t feel it is appropriate for students in a public high school to be singing an Islamic worship song,” Harper told KREX-TV. "This is worshipping another God, and even worshipping another prophet ... I think there would be a lot of outrage if we made a Muslim choir say Jesus Christ is the only truth."

"It is unfortunate that the student in Colorado misinterpreted the intention of the song," Rahman said. "I have long celebrated the commonalities of humanity and try to share and receive things in this way. While I respect his decision for opting out, this incident is an example of why we need further cultural education through music.”

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/02/15/colorado-student-reportedly-quits-choir-over-islamic-song/?cmpid=NL_FNTopHeadlines_20120215#ixzz1ma1TIEeF

So what would you do?  What will you do if your child in public schools is encouraged to practice YOGA in class, or forced to walk a labyrinth because of the calming affect it may have, or is forced to sing praises to Allah or Buddah or any other pagan God?  How about Halloween parties that now seems to have morphed from kids dressing up as hobos and clowns into kids dressing up as ax murderers, vampires and slutty nurses?

Are we going to far in our zeal?  Or are our eyes simply being opened in these last days to make us realize how far we have fallen?