Reply #168: I don't think it's "anti-religion" as much as it's

[SoCalDem]

"everything has its place"..

School (public school) should be a place where ALL kids are taken at face value..not as "that jewish girl over there" or that "little buddhist boy" ..or the "Catholic kid in third period"..


It's the same reason I hate the hyphenated-American thing too..

Where you came from, and how you worship is a PERSONAL thing..In the PUBLIC/SHARED world, we should all present ourselves as the individual we ARE...not the "slice of the ethnic/religious pie" we are to our families/church/club.

When there is an immediate "identifier" (remember the yellow stars?), people need look no further to make snap judgements of who we are, what we think, who we hate...etc..

Public school is the HOPE for getting past the tribalism/cultish/religious stuff that poisons young minds..