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It's mind bending to me that you can't see the religion argument is an apple when we're trying to discuss oranges. Religion isn't pushed onto children by schools because it is something fundamental to the core of most familial institutions, and schools have no business being in something that deep and complicated.
McDonald's is not deep and complicated. I'd wager at least 50-60% of the children at your child's school already eat at McDonald's at an unhealthy rate. These people are probably not going to tip some health scale from one more meal they may or may not have had at McDonald's otherwise. The people who don't eat at McDonald's at an unhealthy rate (as mentioned earlier) aren't going to all of a sudden become unhealthy because of one meal if they decide to take their business there and participate.
I see what you're saying here, but it just seems like you're sensationalizing it a bit. When most people are eating at McDonald's anyway, it seems to me that the school's making a good deal in getting some of that money coming their way. Of course McDonald's is doing it for profit, but at least they're sharing that profit.
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