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March 24, 2006

No burkas in Rhode Island, for now

The American Taliban suffered a setback today when their attempts to blame women for every unwanted pregnancy was thwarted by the State of Rhode Island:

Lawyers at the Rhode Island affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union first complained last year that a now-abandoned textbook used by Heritage of Rhode Island taught students that girls should wear clothing that doesn't invite "lustful thoughts" from boys. The book described men as "strong" and "courageous" while women were called "caring."

No word on what Heritage has done with their crates of burkas. Its possible that they were shipped to South Carolina:

"Out of the box from South Carolina, things just didn't translate here," Plante said. "We realized this was going to take a whole working over, but it was a good place to start."

Apparently the American Taliban has better translators there.

Posted by Carla at March 24, 2006 07:35 AM