>Well, then we sing 'secular' or pagan songs, both of which have religious origins then?

So you believe that _every_ song has religious origins? Funny, I remember learning lots of songs in school that had nothing whatsoever to do with religion. One that comes to mind as I look out my window on gorgeous colors is:

Crunchy, crunchy is the sound
of the leaves upon the ground.
Crunchy, crunchy goes the noise
Made in leaves by girls and boys.

Learned that one in Kindergarten or first grade. We sang lots of songs that had nothing to do with religion or with "the supremacy of man."

>>Why are you (or anyone) forced into non-activity. School is not a 24x7 occupation. Celebrate your holidays outside of school. Behave in a manner in accordance with your faith all the time.
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>School is a part of "all the time" Tamar. Like about one third.

So, I'll ask again. Does your religion require organized prayer all day every day? The only reason I can think of that not having organized prayer in school is a problem is if your religion requires you to attempt to convert everyone you come in contact with.


>Ahh. but I can vote. <g>

And so can I, and so do I. I've never missed an election, general or primary, and it would take a major illness or a family emergency that called me out of town suddenly for me to do so.

Tamar