October 3, 2002
Parents of school kids in
Parents of school kids in Aspen, Colorado are protesting the addition of yoga to the curriculum. The idea was to teach kids to relax. But outraged parents say yoga teaches religion. According to one father, who is also the pastor at the local Baptist church, yoga's roots lie in Hinduism, and therefore teaching yoga in the schools violates the separation of church and state. But, as the American Yoga Association's web site points out, "The common belief that Yoga derives from Hinduism is a misconception. Yoga actually predates Hinduism by many centuries." So, it should be noted, does idiocy.
posted on October 3, 2002 6:15 PM
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