HATE mail sent to a Perth primary school after it decided to stop reciting the Lord's Prayer at assemblies has been condemned as cowardly...

Edgewater Primary School, in Perth's northern suburbs, dropped its 25-year old tradition of reading the Lord's Prayer at its fortnightly assemblies following concerns from some parents that it breached the Education Act.

Under the act, public schools must not promote one set of religious beliefs ahead of another.

As required by the Department of Education and Training's religious education policy, the school held several school council meetings to consult with the parents and the local community before making its decision.

It has been receiving abusive emails, letters and phone calls from around Australia since it sent a letter to parents on Monday informing them the prayer would no longer be read out.

Premier Colin Barnett said yesterday the hate mail was unacceptable...

Opposition education spokesman Ben Wyatt said it was despicable.

"Anonymous hate mail is cowardly and completely not acceptable," he said.

Primary Principals Association president Stephen Breen strongly rejected talkback radio claims the school had dropped the Lord's Prayer because of complaints by "immigrants".

"It was their decision about a whole school assembly," Mr Breen said. "It's not a pandering to any minority groups. That's just silly."

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/state-politics/school-hate-mail-as-prayer-dropped/story-e6frgczx-1226144044387

Given the way the Western media operates, the real story probably was that they got water pistols and little balloons.

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Given the way your fellow Christian priests operate, you'd be hard pressed to find a 6 yo. virgin wouldn't you? Hence your jealousy.