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Politics : The Left Wing Porch -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: YlangYlangBreeze who wrote (3147)	1/17/2001 6:41:44 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 6089

I read what Rambi had to say about the Battle Hymn. I agree with her on the importance of kids working with the best music and that the best music is most often religious. My favorite music is heroic music, which is most often religious. I'm partial to requiem masses. Having said that, I'm not comfortable with the Battle Hymn in the context you describe. I think it would be just fine if the kids sang it as part of a history pageant or as part of the glee club repertoire. But coupling it with the PoA and in rotation with America and America the Beautiful at a school assembly conveys to me that it's something the kids are supposed to believe and internalize. Besides being religious, it ties religion with war and promotes this god-on-our-side thinking that I don't consider healthy for the country let alone the country's kids. Nevertheless, as I said before, I don't think I'd go to the mat on this one. It's more of the camel's nose under the tent than I'm comfortable with, but I don't think it's egregious and probably won't harm the kids. I wouldn't storm the principal's office or drag my kid out of assembly. What I might do is write a letter to the principal, not visit, so he could reflect on the issue without me in his face. I would explain my position and suggest that the song be left out of the rotation in future months. My opinion only. Karen