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Old 09-17-2007, 01:44 PM   #133 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by hevusa View Post
The huge deal is that our country has a secular government and any one religion should not dominate any other even if it has a majority. Not only that but it would be incredibly healthy for students to receive many points of view about religion and expose them to different ideas.

Yes, I get that. That's why it's sensible to oppose actual religious indoctrination in public schools. (Teacher-led prayers, mandatory Bible study, stuff like that.)

I don't think that's what we're talking about. I think what's being discussed here is little observations of holidays -- such as singing Christmas carols, dyeing Easter eggs, or doing something for Valentine's Day.

I see those more as cultural observations. Like it or not, Christianity is fairly deeply woven into our cultue. We can't simply ignore it any more than we could expect, say, the Japanese to ignore the influence of Shinto or Buddhism on their culture.

How can we respect other cultures if we're afraid of our own?
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