I support Yoga and healthy living. I do not support hypocrisy or Encinitas Union School District’s overpaid Superintendent Tim Baird’s decisions. It is easy to try to “write off” the Plaintiff. However, what the attorneys for Defendant EUSD are not taking into account is that prayer can be secular, and not associated with any religion; yet prayer is not allowed in schools. Yoga is part of a spiritual practice. To call it Yoga, and to have the classes subsidized by a spiritual foundation, which pays Baird, through the school district, appears to be hypocritical and unfair.
12:39 - prayer, per se, is not prohibited in schools - what is prohibited is the establishment of a religion. Prayer is an outward expression of that religion. I have no idea how prayer can be secular since it does not exist outside of religion. Please elaborate. On the other hand, yoga does have a purpose outside of its religion - toning muscles, discipline, and general awareness of the body.
12:39 - The spiritual foundation is paying Baird? Please explain. Baird is getting (over)paid one way or the other. The foundation is paying for the instructors and funding the program. No additional money is being paid to Baird from the foundation. Unless you have evidence to the contrary.
The Foundation is spiritual, it pays for the instructors. No one said that Baird pockets the money, personally, but my understanding is that the Foundation paid EUSD $500,000?
Some people do not consider prayer an outward expression of religion. That is your conclusion. Some people consider Yoga a physical component of a spiritual practice, an "outward expression of a religion," to use your words.
Personally, I feel Yoga is healthy, but I can definitely see how the Evangelical Christians do not think it is fair that prayer is banned, one outward expression, and another outward expression, physical exercises incorporated into spiritual practice, by religious tradition, is not.
Many people may feel that prayer or meditation should be allowed, as long as others could "opt out." But that is not the case. I don't think the law should "play favorites," that is, show prejudice towards one outward expression of religion, or spirituality, over another.
A Swami wrote a commentary in the Coast News stating that Yoga cannot be separated from the spirituality behind it. The simple thing to do would be to take away the term "Yoga," but then the Jois Foundation would not be subsidizing the program. That is where the bad decision of Superintendent Baird came in. And again, the Mission Statement of the Jois Foundation is relevant.
Who was the guy found dead in Leucadia Friday night near the park??
ReplyDeleteI support Yoga and healthy living. I do not support hypocrisy or Encinitas Union School District’s overpaid Superintendent Tim Baird’s decisions. It is easy to try to “write off” the Plaintiff. However, what the attorneys for Defendant EUSD are not taking into account is that prayer can be secular, and not associated with any religion; yet prayer is not allowed in schools. Yoga is part of a spiritual practice. To call it Yoga, and to have the classes subsidized by a spiritual foundation, which pays Baird, through the school district, appears to be hypocritical and unfair.
ReplyDelete12:39 - prayer, per se, is not prohibited in schools - what is prohibited is the establishment of a religion. Prayer is an outward expression of that religion. I have no idea how prayer can be secular since it does not exist outside of religion. Please elaborate. On the other hand, yoga does have a purpose outside of its religion - toning muscles, discipline, and general awareness of the body.
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12:39 - The spiritual foundation is paying Baird? Please explain. Baird is getting (over)paid one way or the other. The foundation is paying for the instructors and funding the program. No additional money is being paid to Baird from the foundation. Unless you have evidence to the contrary.
ReplyDeleteThe Foundation is spiritual, it pays for the instructors. No one said that Baird pockets the money, personally, but my understanding is that the Foundation paid EUSD $500,000?
ReplyDeleteSome people do not consider prayer an outward expression of religion. That is your conclusion. Some people consider Yoga a physical component of a spiritual practice, an "outward expression of a religion," to use your words.
Personally, I feel Yoga is healthy, but I can definitely see how the Evangelical Christians do not think it is fair that prayer is banned, one outward expression, and another outward expression, physical exercises incorporated into spiritual practice, by religious tradition, is not.
Many people may feel that prayer or meditation should be allowed, as long as others could "opt out." But that is not the case. I don't think the law should "play favorites," that is, show prejudice towards one outward expression of religion, or spirituality, over another.
A Swami wrote a commentary in the Coast News stating that Yoga cannot be separated from the spirituality behind it. The simple thing to do would be to take away the term "Yoga," but then the Jois Foundation would not be subsidizing the program. That is where the bad decision of Superintendent Baird came in. And again, the Mission Statement of the Jois Foundation is relevant.
5:14 - your last paragraph is simple and to the point and makes me look at this a little differently. Hmmmmm...thx
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