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War on Yoga: Lawsuit Filed to End School Yoga Program, Claiming It Is a Religious Practice

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klys (maker of Silmarils)2/21/2013 1:25:42 pm PST

re: #21 Randall Gross

Well, at least you’re consistent.

I believe that, to the vast majority of Americans, yoga is a physical practice. It is a physical practice with known physical benefits. That this practice is incorporated into some religions is true, but we have government acknowledgement of other things which although they started from a religious context are now at least partially secular. Like Christmas.

If the school had actually been putting yoga forward as a spiritual or religious practice, that would be something else. But it’s about stretching and relaxation. This seems a really nitpicky argument.