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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!!
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To: epicure who wrote (90174)11/30/2004 6:21:20 PM
From: J. C. Dithers  Read Replies (2) of 108807
 
Where we always go off the track here is that the "majority of the majority" (the great mass of Christians) have no wish to proselytise their religion in public schools. Indeed, most consider their religion as much of a private matter as they do their bedroom activities.

What they do want is for their children to be able to share some of the traditions of Christmas in a convivial setting in school with their classmates. These traditions, such as carols/songs, decorations, or Santa Claus, don't teach or preach anything about religious belief. They have all long since become highly secularized. When children listen to Bing Crosby singing, "Oh Holy Night," "White Christmas," or "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," they are not going to run home to ask profound questions about religious tenets. If any do, then they are revealing an awareness and intelligence that ought to make their parents think twice about trying to mindlessly program a forced belief system on them.
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