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Originally Posted by robbdn
and while the teachers are provided by the LDS church and they are done outside of normal school hours, they have been using school facilities for this purpose (studying bible, book of mormon, from an "academic" perspective). If one wishes to get into BYU or other LDS universities, these classes are a requirement. It has been this way for years.
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But I think the school hours and teachers are exactly the big issue, robbdn. My school's facilities were rented out and available to a number of different organizations after hours also. Boy Scouts, AA, church groups, etc. - but it was just a facility for rent. The local Bowling League did not have the option of setting up shop and teaching students how to throw strikes, regardless of how important that may be to them.
What happens in that school affects all of the children, and undermining the value system of Muslim, Hindu, Agnostic, Aetheist, Gay, Jewish, etc. children by having a state supported religion is selfish and seperatist.
If the "devout" are so wrapped up in religion as the cornerstone of their morality, why are they in such a hurry to push the responsibility for your children's souls to the government? Public schools can't teach our kids to read past a 7th grade level at this point, but we should expect they could effectively handle teaching the complicated ideas of right and wrong? Sin vs. salvation?? Frankly, the idea of somebody treating my family's spirituality like it was Social Studies 102 would offend me. Work on teaching the friggin' basics to my kids and let me handle the questions about Jesus and wars. Those people must have a lot trust in their school principal!