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School board ponders changing complaint policy
Complaints about misconduct by La Caņada Unified School District employees would be accepted only from eyewitnesses under a new policy the school board is considering.
The board is revisiting the policy in the wake of the scandal involving a math...Tags: Career and Workplace, American Civil Liberties Union, Media Industry, Justice and Rights, Teaching and Learning
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Community criticizes school board over Leko complaint
Upset with a process they called ineffective and shameful, community members Tuesday castigated the La Caņada Unified School District’s handling of a teacher accused of making inappropriate remarks and racial slurs.
Gabrielle Leko, a math teacher...Tags: Racism, Judaism, Justice and Rights, Religion and Belief, Teaching and Learning
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In Theory: Should holy books be distributed in schools?
Schools in White County, Tenn., have agreed to stop allowing the Gideons to distribute Bibles in classrooms after the ACLU threatened a lawsuit. The Gideons entered a classroom at Doyle Elementary School in Doyle, about 100 miles east of Nashville, and...Tags: Politics, Sports, Religious Texts, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Thomas Jefferson
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In Theory: Can Islam and democracy coexist?
Q. The pro-democracy uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt have resonated around the world, with even the Wall Street Journal going so far as to headline one column, “The Arab World's 1989?” Hosni Mubarak's resignation from his position as...Tags: Heads of State, Minority Groups, Petroleum Industry, Science, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
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How endorsements enlighten voters
In America the Constitution guarantees every citizen free speech. That includes Valley Sun columnist Anita Brenner’s “Folks, It‘s a Non-Partisan Election” column published Feb. 3, regarding her apparent frustration that the local...Tags: Censorship, Politics, Republican Party, Justice and Rights, Interior Policy
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Is secularism a threat to religious freedom?
Q. A Mormon leader recently made a speech, in which he claimed religious freedom in America is under assault from secularization and a growing gay rights movement. In his speech, Elder Dallin H. Oaks warned of “an alarming trajectory of events...Tags: Earl Warren Jr., Politics, Minority Groups, Religious Texts, Local Government
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In Theory: Free speech or abuse?
In the wake of the Jan. 8 shootings in Tucson, the Arizona state legislature has passed emergency legislation to prevent the Westboro Baptist Church from picketing victims' funerals, including that of 9-year-old Christina Taylor Green. The church's...Tags: Politics, Same-Sex Marriage, Minority Groups, Radio, Entertainment
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Faithful break Ramadan fast in La Caņada
As the sun slipped below the horizon on Friday, more than 100 Muslims gathered, filling the back patio at the Community Center of La Caņada Flintridge. Assembled in neat rows, they raised their hands to their ears.
"Allah Akbar," they intoned —...Tags: Politics, Islam, Religious Festivals, Justice and Rights, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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In Theory: Is America Islamophobic?
Last week's Time magazine cover story by Bobby Ghosh reported that "hate speech against Muslims and Islam is growing both more widespread and more heated," with protests against a mosque in lower Manhattan and the building of other mosques elsewhere not...Tags: Assault, Minority Groups, Terrorism, Periodicals, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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In Theory: Reactions to Prop. 8 ruling
A California federal judge struck down Proposition 8, the state's law that prohibits same-sex marriage, last week. What are your thoughts on this ruling? Judge Walker needs to address our concern that his own sexual orientation clouded his judgment....Tags: Discrimination, Politics, Same-Sex Marriage, Minority Groups, Ricky Martin
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Around Town: Does one right trump another?
On Oct. 6, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear argument in the case of Snyder v. Phelps. This involves the issue of the Westboro Baptist Church's picketing military funerals. The church used signs that expressed their pleasure (and, supposedly, God's) with...Tags: Politics, John Marshall, Justice and Rights, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Republican National Conventions
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Q & A: The eloquent conservative
Author and syndicated radio talk show host Dennis Prager is one of the better conversationalists you'd ever meet, but he pulls no punches for political correctness' sake.
"Ask me anything," he invites during an afternoon meal at Ichiban Japanese...Tags: Israel, Minority Groups, Poverty, Religious Conflicts, Sex Crimes
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