California Court finds yoga is not a gateway to Hinduism

[Manifestor_of_Light]

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/04/court-rules-favour-teaching-yoga-schools-150404001714944.html

Yoga taught in a public school is not a gateway to Hinduism and does not violate the religious rights of students or their parents, an appeal court in the US state of California has ruled.

An appeal court in San Diego on Friday upheld a lower court ruling that tossed out a family's lawsuit that tried to block Encinitas Union School District from teaching yoga as an alternative to traditional gym classes.

"While the practice of yoga may be religious in some contexts, yoga classes as taught in the district are, as the trial court determined, 'devoid of any religious, mystical, or spiritual trappings,'" the court wrote in a 3-0 opinion.

Stephen and Jennifer Sedlock and their two children had brought the lawsuit claiming yoga promoted Hinduism and inhibited Christianity.

They were disappointed with the ruling and considering their options, the AP news agency reported.

[Shrike47]

1. Flexible, calm kids? No way in hell.

[thecrow]

2. and in other news...

And this is really weird...not sure if it's a serious site....
https://saboteur365.wordpress.com/tag/stephen-and-jennifer-sedlock/

[cbayer]

4. That site is disgusting and I think it is serious.

[thecrow]

5. It is disgusting.

I think they are serious, too. It's amazing to me that there are actually people who think like that.

[cbayer]

6. Although I think very poorly of the Sedlocks, I don't think they are connected to this site.

It looks like the site owner just used their story to make his hateful point.

[cbayer]

3. What a stupid suit. Glad they lost.