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Originally Posted by HarryT
I thought that American state schools weren't allowed to do anything "religious". Isn't there a legally-enforced separation between church and state in the US?
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I think it then goes down to the difference between a white-list and a black-list... Parents feeling that the school is forcing a religious viewpoint on their child, whether it is the Ten Commandments or Harry Potter (No, I don't believe it is religious in nature, but I can't dismiss their viewpoints), have a say in the matter. Banning a book from a schools library would be wrong. Having a majority of parents having a text removed from a required reading list -for religious reasons- that they don't want their children to read isn't. Regardless of my views on the text or how I would raise my children.
-MJ