{"id":63657,"date":"2026-04-23T10:03:48","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T14:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=63657"},"modified":"2026-04-23T10:03:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T14:03:48","slug":"is-this-remodeling-necessary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=63657","title":{"rendered":"Is This Remodeling Necessary?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday, <a href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/catherinesalgado\/2026\/04\/20\/minneapolis-school-remodels-to-add-muslim-specific-facilities-n4951993\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PJ Media<\/a> posted an article about some planned remodeling in a Minneapolis schools.<\/p>\n<p>The article reports:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>A school district in the Minneapolis suburbs is remodeling two high schools to fit &#8220;student needs,&#8221; by which it means adding a prayer room and foot-washing facilities specifically for Muslims.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Alpha News senior reporter Liz Collin posted on X April 20 the following screenshots regarding plans for a specifically configured &#8220;prayer room&#8221; as part of Park Center Senior High&#8217;s remodel and &#8220;footwash[s]&#8221; as part of Osseo Senior High School&#8217;s remodel. Osseo Schools in Minnesota confirmed the updates and claimed they were &#8220;included in updated plans after hearing from user groups on student needs.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>The person who sent in the tip to Collin noted that this prayer room is not a response to Christian or Jewish complaints and requirements, nor is the footwash purely for hygienic reasons. \u201cThis is undoubtedly for Muslim students only. I cannot understand how this can be happening in this era of no religion in schools,\u201d the tipster argued.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>By the way, this does not appear to be an original inspiration of Osseo Schools. Show host Glenn Beck <a href=\"https:\/\/barenakedislam.com\/2025\/12\/27\/did-you-know-minneapolis-public-schools-have-muslim-prayer-rooms-in-them\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported\u00a0<\/a>last year that some Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minn., schools had Muslim prayer rooms in them.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The article notes:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>As an important note, the Founding Fathers never intended to exclude religion from the public square or government institutions, and indeed the phrase &#8220;separation of church and state&#8221; never occurs in our founding documents. Indeed, many of the founders, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/quotes\/124706-we-have-no-government-armed-with-power-capable-of-contending\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">John Adams<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.georgewashington.org\/farewell-address.jsp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">George Washington<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/books\/abs\/great-christian-jurists-in-american-history\/john-jay-the-first-chief-justice\/B8A381B2E7B7DD66C2954335A0234C80\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">John Jay<\/a>, emphasized the importance of religion in the public square. It was also normal and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.historytools.org\/school\/the-complex-history-behind-banning-school-prayer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">accepted\u00a0<\/a>for legislatures and public schools across America to have prayers incorporated into their regular scheduled duties and exercises. But America was founded specifically to be a <em>Judeo-Christian<\/em> nation, and it is also true that the Founders <em>were<\/em> opposed to making one religion essentially the state religion or official religion of a particular institution or government entity. Yet that is exactly what is happening at the Minneapolis high schools.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If the school is also willing to put in prayer rooms for Jews and Christians, I am okay with this. Otherwise, the school is using tax dollars to promote a specific religion, which is unconstitutional.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday, PJ Media posted an article about some planned remodeling in a Minneapolis schools. 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