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Saturday, August 15, 2026

A group of parents is suing the Palo Alto Unified Schol District and Palo Alto High Principal Brent Kline for allegedly encouraging students to wear Islamic religious attire during a field trip to a local mosque and for distributing photos of students without consent, according to a complaint that was filed last week in federal court. The suit is being brought forward by a group called Community Members for Religious Neutrality in Public Schools " San Francisco Bay Area and involves several parents of current and former Paly students as well as parents from other nearby communities. According to the suit, the group includes Jafi Lipson and Josh Lehrer, who are Jewish parents of Paly students, and Sasha Ava Lehrer, a former Paly student who is Jewish.

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Can you imagine the uproar if the school had brought Muslim students on a field trip to a barbeque?

#1 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-08-15 02:28 PM | Reply

Can you imagine the uproar if the school had brought Muslim students on a field trip to a barbeque?

#1 | Posted by lfthndthrds

No.

Beef is still king at the BBQ.

And Muslims, and Jews, are all aware that the rest of us eat pork.

#2 | Posted by Zed at 2026-08-15 02:34 PM | Reply

It's funny how some people think pork is some kind of Muslim Kryptonite.

#3 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-08-15 02:37 PM | Reply

Yawwwwwwwwnnnnnnnnnnn

#4 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2026-08-15 02:38 PM | Reply

Remember this right wing degenerate's field trip to a PA synagogue?

www.politico.com

#5 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-08-15 02:42 PM | Reply

Let's see where the Lumpers fall on this ..

Im pretty sure they will all defend it. Look even the tranny is ok with it. And they would hang it.

#6 | Posted by fortfisher at 2026-08-15 02:49 PM | Reply

Im pretty sure they will all defend it. Look even the tranny is ok with it. And they would hang it.

#6 | Posted by fortfisher at 2026-08-15 02:49 PM | Reply | Flag:

It's like "Chickens for KFC"!!!!

#7 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-08-15 03:16 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

The parents maintain that school officials "knew or should have known of the recurring nature of the challenged field trips, the foreseeable risk that students would be exposed to religious activity and ideological messaging during those events, and the risk that student images would be captured and publicly disseminated in a religious context."

What imagined "risk" exists from First Amendment protected free exercise of Speech and Religion?

I agree that sharing pictures of the students without consent is wrong, but children don't have rights in our society so I'm not sure it matters, and when you're in a public place you have no expectation of privacy (see: Flock).

#8 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-08-15 06:19 PM | Reply

Aren't parents required to sign permission slips in order to allow their children to attend field trips?

I remember that's how it worked when I was a kid.

#9 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-08-15 06:34 PM | Reply

the foreseeable risk that students would be exposed to religious activity and ideological messaging during those events

What???

This reminds of when conservatives were freaking out about student doing yoga. Claiming it was exposing them to a foreign religion and ideology.

Conservatives can always figure out a way to make themselves a victim.

#10 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-08-15 06:47 PM | Reply

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