Makes sense - by banning ALL non-secular music, the school is ensuring that all religious beliefs (including atheisim) are being treated equally. I'm sure many will be all up in arms about it, but it's one of the only 2 ways to ensure that things are settled fairly, and the other way to do it would be to make sure each religion had a song representing it in the ceremony - which would make for a pretty long ceremony, I would imagine, and would offend a *lot* more people than banning all religious-themed music. I mean, can you imagine the reaction if the school happened to have Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Wiccan, Buddhist, Hindu, Agnostic and Atheistic students - not necessarily a lot of each...

Makes sense - by banning ALL non-secular music, the school is ensuring that all religious beliefs (including atheisim) are being treated equally. I'm sure many will be all up in arms about it, but it's one of the only 2 ways to ensure that things are settled fairly, and the other way to do it would be to make sure each religion had a song representing it in the ceremony - which would make for a pretty long ceremony, I would imagine, and would offend a *lot* more people than banning all religious-themed music. I mean, can you imagine the reaction if the school happened to have Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Wiccan, Buddhist, Hindu, Agnostic and Atheistic students - not necessarily a lot of each - maybe even just one - but in order to handle the ceremony fairly, they'd have to include music representing each faith. I have a feeling that would lead to fisticuffs - at a minimum - before the ceremony was done!

It's just too bad that people will see this and claim its discriminating against Christianity when, in fact, it's not discriminating at all.

Missing the point are we? It's about respecting everyone, davboz, not singling out your little belief system just because it makes you feel good.

All kids are born without belief, davboz. It isn't until their parents indoctrinate them into their own belief system before they turn into spittle spraying fanatics whenever someone points out that the world doesn't revolve around their beliefs.

The decision had the interest of all people in mind rather than opening the door to other religious demands and starting a huge theology issue. The only thing warped here is your skewed sense of persecution.

And mainstream R & R god songs, while not my own personal choice, are quite acceptable in the ma...

Missing the point are we? It's about respecting everyone, davboz, not singling out your little belief system just because it makes you feel good.

All kids are born without belief, davboz. It isn't until their parents indoctrinate them into their own belief system before they turn into spittle spraying fanatics whenever someone points out that the world doesn't revolve around their beliefs.

The decision had the interest of all people in mind rather than opening the door to other religious demands and starting a huge theology issue. The only thing warped here is your skewed sense of persecution.

And mainstream R & R god songs, while not my own personal choice, are quite acceptable in the mainstream. if it has a religious connotation then it is not acceptable as part of a public school function. Jeez dude, get some perspective.