In our state, none of the public schools have Christmas break. It is Winter Break. Nor do we have Easter break, it is Spring break. I have no problem singing different songs in a Holiday concert. Yes, we do not have Christmas concerts. We have a Holiday concert. Choir in our state is a class, so the concerts are mandatory if you take the class. You cannot just decide to sing. Now, the HS choir director is very good at mixing up all different songs. They are very diverse. But you should have seen the uproar when the students were required to stand in a circle around a post and do Wiccan chants as part of the program. But if you accept one religion's songs represented in a Public school's Holiday concert, you have to accept all religions' songs and traditions. What I do have a huge problem with is teacher/coach led prayers before a game, tournament, match, meet or anything else that is school sponsored. That is not appropriate. A moment of silence for the students to engage in their own prayer if they want is ok, but not one religion represented by a state employee. One poster said "if you don't want to sing the songs, don't go out for choir." The same could be said that if you want your child to have their religion represented in their school, then they need to go to a private religious school. A live nativity would not be allowed in our public schools. I find it funny that people say this is an attack on one religion. I see it more as a push to get one religion more represented. As evidenced by the people who refuse to acknowledge that there are other religion's ceremonies in the same time frame. And traditional beliefs? Traditional for who? Every different religion has their own traditions. There is no standard tradition for our country.
I completely agree with you!
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