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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank
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To: J. C. Dithers who wrote (53068)7/16/2002 1:55:14 PM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (2) of 82486
 
If the kids in class happen to be reading about Dick and Jane and see Spot run, I could see "an exposure to contradictory traditions in the classroom" brewing there....I think American classrooms should reflect American traditions.

Food traditions and religious beliefs are totally different. My family has the tradition of eating mushrooms, potatoes, and buttermilk on Christmas Eve and never ate turkey on Thanksgiving or any other time. Food traditions are quaint. Freedom of religion and the separation of church and state are among the most important of American traditions, as well as the law. Founding principles. If you want to put dog sandwiches in the same class as the quaint traditions of Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny, that seems reasonable to me. But there's a huge difference between quaint traditions and founding principles. Lumping them together is dismissive of both serious religious beliefs, for those who have them, and founding principles.
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