Religious Holidays in Public Schools

Soft*Silver · 07-24-2010, 01:21 AM

I have gone full circle on this topic over the years. I use to not want the schools have ANY religious activity, especially holidays. I felt it was not the job of the school to teach religion. And if they were going to do so, they should not teach just ONE religion.

And then the Change hit. Yes, menopause. Dont laugh. I am a different person even from a year ago because of this.

Now I firmly believe our schools must introduce religion to the children, and to be inclusive and celebrate other religious holiday than simply Xtianity. I dont see this so much as a need for religious value, but to introduce diversity to them. But yes, spirituality is very important and while it should not govern our educational system, it should not be excluded from it entirely. When we broke humans down into parts and chambers of a physical being, and then conquered the mind and the way the brain works, we saw no need and even disputed the need for a spiritual base.

diversity in childhood would help raise children into less hateful kids...

View Poll Results: what do you think about adding holidays to school calendars?
I think we need to be more inclusive and add other religious holidays	39	41.49%
I think we need to pare it down, we have too many	11	11.70%
I think we need to take all religious holidays out of public school calendars	27	28.72%
I don't care	17	18.09%
Voters: 94. You may not vote on this poll

07-24-2010, 01:21 AM	#17
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