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Now Muslim parents are complaining about flyers for Easter egg hunts Posted: 05 Apr 2014 05:50 AM PDT In Dearborn, Mich., home to over 40,000 Americans of Arab descent, some Muslim parents have complained about flyers handed out at public schools advertising an Easter egg hunt at a local Presbyterian church. The Muslim parents assert that the flyers – emblazoned with the word "Eggstravaganza!" – violate the separation of church and state widely ascribed to the First Amendment's Establishment Clause, reports the Detroit Free Press. The "Eggstravaganza!" is scheduled to take place on April 12 event at Cherry Hill Presbyterian Church in Dearborn. The flyer urges students to RSVP "to secure your free spot," note the Free Press.

Idaho school system removes book from curriculum after parental outrage Posted: 04 Apr 2014 05:15 PM PDT By Laura Zuckerman SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - The largest school district in Idaho has banned from its curriculum an award-winning book about the struggles of a Native American teenager after complaints by parents that the novel was rife with profanity, racial epithets and anti-Christian rhetoric. The school board in Meridian, Idaho, voted 2-1 this week to keep the book, "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian," off a supplemental reading list for 10th graders, meaning it will not be part of the curriculum at the high school, said school board clerk Trish Duncan. The 2007 Sherman Alexie novel, which won the 2007 National Book Award for Young People's Literature, is still available in the school's library, she said.

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