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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ask about the iPods. I would not ask if the driver can be forced to stop playing his or her music as long as it didn't contain explicit language. [/quote]

Driver should not be playing religious music.  [/quote]

Technically, this poster is correct. You [b]could[/b] make a stink about it from a 1st Amendment perspective, since the bus company is employed by the state, yadda, yadda, yadda.

From a practical perspective, however, antagonizing a person like a bus driver who has the power to make your child's life more difficult for a principle is probably not worth it.

If it's really an issue for your kid, get him/her an iPod and move on. [/quote]

Employment lawyer.  This is not correct at all.

The First Amendment does the exact opposite of what you are implying.  It guarantees us the right to express our religious beliefs in our workplace.  In fact, even federal employees can play "Christian Music" and put up Christmas Trees.

The bus driver can't proselytize to the kids, tell them about Jesus, pray with them, or insult their faiths.  But she/he can certainly enjoy her Christian music.

And I highly doubt there is anything whatsoever in this music that speaks to devils, Satan, etc.[/quote]
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Your analogy to playing Christian Music in an office doesn't quite work here, counselor.  The bus in this case is more akin to a classroom.  And the bus driver, in a position of authority over the children on the bus, is more like a teacher.  The argument would then follow that the bus driver playing any music that arguably espouses religious doctrine - "God is good" "Praise the Lord" - would violate the child's 1st Amendment rights.[/b]

That being said, I would favor going with an iPod and pick a different battle.[/quote]

You are flat wrong.
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