Are public double standards at work?

VFW Magazine, May, 2002

Re: Item in Now Hear This (March). I was appalled to read that a California school district had made teaching of Islam mandatory. There should be the same mandatory teaching of all religious faiths. We live in a society with double standards.

Charlie Clifton
Amsterdam, Mo.

May I remind you that other religions have been spread by the force of arms. Not understanding another culture leads to animosity. We are not at war with Islam--we are at war with terrorists.

Patty K. Walsh
McIntosh, N.M.
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