[Haul Asp]

A St. Cloud State University student ,Tim Hurd, in a teacher-training program at Technical High School left the school in late April because he says he feared for the safety of his service dog. The school district calls it a misunderstanding.

The threat came from a Somali student who is Muslim. The Muslim faith, which is the dominant faith of Somali immigrants, forbids the touching of dogs. Hurd trained at Talahi Community School and Tech. He said his experience at Talahi was good. The Somali students there warmed to the dog and eventually petted him using paper to keep their hands off his fur, Hurd said. Things didn't go as well at Tech, Hurd said. Students there taunted his dog, and he finally felt he had to leave after he was told a student made a threat. Hurd met with Lockhart but said he did not feel comfortable continuing.


So the school does absolutely nothing but tell the guy that it's a big misunderstanding? I'll tell you what the big misunderstanding is. We let these fanatics in our country because we misunderstood the threat that it would cause to our society. Now we're afraid to live in freedom for fear of offending someone.