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Originally Posted by TinglingTess

A student has the right to pray to themselves at public school. They also may have group get together. Like the national pray at the flag pole that are held every year at many public schools. There are many other rights they have also.

What is illegal is that the school itself can no longer have the whole class say a prayer. Not that this was ever forced but our government thought it needed a law against it.

Making outsiders of kids who don't want to pray with "the class" is hardly a positive step in the direction of religious freedom.

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Originally Posted by TinglingTess

What drives me crazy is that the public school has now got so politically correct and anti-Christian that it is no longer Easter vacation but Spring break and it usually never falls on Easter anymore. At Christmas they have taken Christ out completely. No songs that we grew up singing are allowed during the pageants. And we now call it Winter Break.

They're not called Eostre or Yule either, but that's not anti-Pagan. Hannukah falls in "Winter Break" most years, but not calling it "Hannukah break" isn't anti-Jewish. Not calling it "Festivus break" isn't anti-Frank Costanza (Seinfeld reference)

And so on. There's a break, and it's in Winter. Winter break. Simple, descriptive, all-inclusive.

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Originally Posted by TinglingTess

Now I could go for all of this. But, they still make a big deal over Halloween. A holiday that is celebrated by wiccans. Which our government said was an actual religion. So, in my opinion it shouldn't be allowed to be celebrated at public schools.

I'm not sure, though, that the Wiccan elements of Halloween (Samhain?) are celebrated in public schools. Dressing up and asking for candy sound pretty secular in origin to me.

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Originally Posted by TinglingTess

Last year my daughter had a Muslim come and explain the meaning of Ramada. No preacher came to explain the meaning of Easter or Christmas.

I dare say the awareness of the Christian meanings of Easter and Christmas was far in excess of the awareness of the meaning of Ramadan in that class. Though, if it does concern you, you could offer the suggestion to the school board, or the class teacher, etc.