New Mexico State settles Muslim players’ lawsuit
A lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union against New Mexico State on behalf of four Muslim football players was settled out of court on Thursday.
The four players alleged that there was religious discrimination within the football program and that their right to freely practice their religion was violated. They claimed coach Hal Mumme had them recite the Lord’s Prayer after practices and before games, and also that Muslim players were singled out.
The university did not admit wrongdoing in the case.
It has long been my opinion that people who are not Christians are inadvertently and openly discriminated against. The most obvious way is through Christian holidays; some people who celebrate them seem to not recognize that other religions have other holidays and seem unable to grasp that not everyone celebrates Christmas.
This country was founded by people seeking religious tolerance. Sometimes it takes a lawsuit to remind people that religious tolerance still needs to be practiced in daily life.
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