Reply #98: Fundies of any kind are messed.

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Whether it's Christian fundies who think dancing invokes the need to fornicate or Muslim fundies who think mixing boys and girls in gym class is evil. Fortunately, the hardcore fundies are a minority. Also, this being in Canada, the school system is more likely to make accomodations, but make no mistake - anti-immigrant, anti-muslim sentiment is strong here in Canada as well, hence the article.
My daughters' music classes don't just teach classical music. They have had teachers in the past teach them rock and pop music as well, so perhaps it is that type of music that is being objected to. I personally don't think they should be able to 'opt out' of those subjects - can you imagine the uproar if they wanted to opt out of, say, science or math?? The solution, imo would be private school or homeschooling. However, as mentioned upthread, because we also have a publicly funded catholic school system (which is total bullshit imo) it is harder to draw that line between religious customs and public school.