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Originally Posted by highthief
I have no idea what a "charter school" is, however, I have no problem with this situation.
So long as what a school wants to do on a field trip isn't illegal and no one is being forced to do anything they don't want to, I see no issues. Go to the zoo (although some consider zoos immoral and wrong), go sailing (though it might be a little dangerous), check out an art gallery (though some of the art - like half the stuff a guy called Micahaelangelo created - might be called obscene by some), go to the library (though it contains many books full of dangerous and risque ideas), or collect sea shells on the sea shore.
To be frank, I don't see it as being anyone's concern beyond the people in that community.
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Okay. Then, as I said above, following your logic, why not reinstate prayer in school and let those who don't wish to do pray to leave the room? It's the same principle here. By attempting to label it a 'non-issue', you're ignoring the fundamental problem with taking a bunch of 1st graders at a public school to a lesbian wedding (That they're 6 to 7 year olds who are not only being used as a political ploy but are being taken out of class to attend a private function). Just because a bunch of parents signed off on it doesn't make it right nor a non-issue. I'm pretty sure I can get a bunch of parents to sign off on just about anything. That doesn't mean it should occur and/or happen.
In fact, you can't even tell me why this was a good thing or something which was needed in the community or even why it doesn't warrant some kind of punishment. You can be damn sure if a teacher tried to take his or her first-grade class to a place of worship as a 'learning experience' that the outcry would be tremendous.