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Wednesday, July 3, 2013 7:03 AM

NEWOLDBROWNCOAT


http://news.yahoo.com/mat-parents-appeal-ruling-allowing-yoga-public-s
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To the mat: Parents to appeal ruling allowing yoga in public schools

Christian Science Monitor
Daniel B. Wood (July 3, 2013)

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A ruling by a San Diego County Superior Court judge that teaching yoga in the schools does not violate the First Amendment's separation of church and state has riled the parents who brought the suit, who now plan to appeal.

In the San Diego area case, a couple with two children in the Encinitas Union School District filed suit to have the yoga instruction stopped, saying it violates state law prohibiting the teaching of religion in public schools. Students attend two, 30-minute yoga classes each week in a program supported by a $533,000 grant from the Jois Foundation, a nonprofit group based in Encinitas, Calif., that promotes Ashtanga yoga.

In his ruling, made without a jury, Judge John Meyer said the yoga practice does not advance or inhibit religion, and that the Encinitas school district had taken several steps to distance its program from the Hindu religion upon which Ashtanga yoga is based, eliminating cultural references, such as the Sanskrit language, and renaming the lotus position the "crisscross applesauce pose."



But the attorney for the Encinitas parents says that teaching yoga in a public school violates constitutional protections, period.

“Ashtanga yoga is the most religious form of yoga practiced in the US, and that is not my opinion but that of religious scholars,” says Dean Broyles, president and attorney for the Escondido-based National Center for Law and Policy, who represented the couple, Stephen and Jennifer Sedlock.

"If it is religious – and even the judge himself admitted that from the bench – why is there not a constitutional problem with that?" he added. "It’s an interesting legal proposition to me that he thinks he is theologically qualified to determine whether or not enough religion has been stripped out of Ashtanga yoga to make it secular.”




there's more...

Hardly requires any comment from me.

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Wednesday, July 3, 2013 7:07 AM

NEWOLDBROWNCOAT


OOPS, Sorry. Got distracted by a cat, started the same thread twice. Ignore or hijack this thread.

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Wednesday, July 3, 2013 7:21 AM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...


The cat planned it that way, you know that, right? I know about cats and their nefarious motives!

I heard about this on the radio, made me giggle. Talk about paranoia!! Had me smiling when I heard the remark on the radio that they'd "renaming the lotus position the "crisscross applesauce pose." Crisscross applesauce?!?!? WTF??
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“If this is opinion is not overturned, it will allow the precedent of allowing far-flung, obscure religions to prevail, while keeping out the ones we know well...


Yeah, better our kids should be INDOCTRINATED into the religion "we know well" than do something healthy which is would be totally unrelated to any religion. And I'm highly offended by the "far-flung, obscure religion" bit. Assholes.

“It's almost like a trial by Wikipedia" .... damned straight! They sound like real subversives, yes indeed:
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On its website, the foundation describes its school curriculum as using "the techniques of yoga, meditation and proper nutrition to create a positive lifestyle change," adding: "It takes more than math and science to raise a human being."


Nothing new here. As it said, back in '96
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plaintiffs challenged the teaching of meditation, yoga, and guided-imagery in the public school classrooms, alleging that such classes exposed their impressionable children to "New Age spirituality."


What a crock of shit. Considering how hard "Christians" TRY to inject religion into schools, and how their religion permeates so much of this country... I guess it's not surprising they think everyone else is like them, and see boogeymen behind everything.


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Wednesday, July 3, 2013 4:35 PM

MAGONSDAUGHTER


So as a thread hijack, my dear Miss Maggie left this world this week, and the house is a sadder, quieter place without her. I keep looking on the heating vents and expect to find her stretched out asleep. :(

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Wednesday, July 3, 2013 4:57 PM

MAL4PREZ


Oh man. I was going to make some joke about yoga brain washing in my dance class, but there's no humor where a kitty has gone away.

So sorry! I know exactly how it is. The little buggers become such staples in our lives. Nothing will replace Miss Maggie, but there are a lot who'll be happy to try. When you're ready.

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Wednesday, July 3, 2013 5:28 PM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!



my only response is that I'm sorry for your loss.

Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen

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Thursday, July 4, 2013 3:28 AM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...


My heart aches for you, Magons. Always pisses me off that they just do not live long enough. I keep telling myself the joy they bring us is worth the pain of their leaving, but that never helps when it happens.

May the pain be supplanted by all the wonderful memories asap.

(I've been telling people when they ask that Tashi's 3, Kochak 2 for so long, and suddenly came up against some photos that reminded me Tashi's 5-1/2, Kochak 3-1/2, and it took a few days for the shock to wear off!)


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