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Originally Posted by liquidlight
You seem pretty vehement about this. . . why shouldn't public schools that receive government funding not touch religion? Would you include in this things like the religious undertones that should be understood when studying European history and the initial American expansion? What about current news that centers around religious events or is impacted by religious philosophy? Or how about getting rid of all the literature in the english department that talks about God? What really qualifies as too religious?
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When they teach about religion, it's fine. When they blatantly favor or publically practice a religion (like schoolwide prayer,) they have violated the Constiitutional provision prohibiting establishment of a national religion.