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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Schools that have Halloween parties offer an alternate activity for students whose parents do not want them to participate.  There's your respect for the religions that forbid it.  Kids don't have to participate and are provided a fun activity to avoid feeling excluded.  Majority rules, but the rights of the minority are protected.

If your religion prohibits a secular activity, it's on you to educate your children about why they don't celebrate or participate in certain activities, even if those activities are fun.  My religion requires fasting from many foods multiple times a year, for weeks at a time.  My kids know they need to say "no" to those foods during this time, and they know why.[/quote]

But, why are we teaching Christian holidays and not Muslim or Jewish holidays equally?  Why are we teaching any religion in schools that are supposed to be non-religious since some kids are agnostic or atheist and parents do not follow their religions of birth?   If my child is being taught about Easter and Christmas, shouldn't Ramadan and Passover be taught as well?  If religious Christians are banning Halloween (which is fine), then shouldn't Christmas and Easter be banned for those kids who do not celebrate it as well?   (I really didn't appreciate my children being told repeatedly that Santa is real and they'd better be good for presents.  And, then, those saying it get mad when my child tells them its all made up). [/quote]

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