Because Dreidel Dreidel Dreidel is equatable to Frosty the Snowman?
A fairer comparison would probably be making elementary school kids sing the Hannukah Blessing and then sing "Merry Gentlemen". The harm comes in the content. There are a whole HOST of non-religious songs: Jingle Bells, Jingle Bell Rock, Sleigh Ride, even Deck the Halls. Not one of these professes love to the one true god who is also son of god.
Explain to me, specifically, why five year olds need to be singing the praise of Jesus instead of all these other good songs? I'm not saying no to all Christmas songs. I'm not saying no to a Christmas concert. What I'm saying is that Jesus does not belong in school. Period.
And, no, it was not just North and it was not just the High Schoolers. If you want, go ask your mom... or better yet, go ask mine. Both Marc and Josh were in band and chorus at that point in time, and none of them played/sang anything overtly religious.
This argument goes beyond what ten year olds are thinking while singing "O Holy Night" in concert. Part of this fight is going on.. is it Jersey? About the ten year old who brought in candy canes with religious text attached and told he was not allowed to give them out. If I was one of his classmates, I'd probably have tossed the text out and just eaten the candy canes. I imagine most ten year olds would agree with me. What this argument is about is parents and teachers and school boards duking it out over how seperate should State and Church be. Period. As an adult, as a hopeful parent, I feel Jesus does not belong in school.
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A fairer comparison would probably be making elementary school kids sing the Hannukah Blessing and then sing "Merry Gentlemen".
The harm comes in the content. There are a whole HOST of non-religious songs: Jingle Bells, Jingle Bell Rock, Sleigh Ride, even Deck the Halls. Not one of these professes love to the one true god who is also son of god.
Explain to me, specifically, why five year olds need to be singing the praise of Jesus instead of all these other good songs?
I'm not saying no to all Christmas songs. I'm not saying no to a Christmas concert. What I'm saying is that Jesus does not belong in school. Period.
And, no, it was not just North and it was not just the High Schoolers. If you want, go ask your mom... or better yet, go ask mine. Both Marc and Josh were in band and chorus at that point in time, and none of them played/sang anything overtly religious.
This argument goes beyond what ten year olds are thinking while singing "O Holy Night" in concert.
Part of this fight is going on.. is it Jersey? About the ten year old who brought in candy canes with religious text attached and told he was not allowed to give them out.
If I was one of his classmates, I'd probably have tossed the text out and just eaten the candy canes. I imagine most ten year olds would agree with me.
What this argument is about is parents and teachers and school boards duking it out over how seperate should State and Church be. Period.
As an adult, as a hopeful parent, I feel Jesus does not belong in school.