:wtf Fundie Parents in CA Want Yoga Lessons to End

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ENCINITAS, Calif. -- A group of parents is bent out of shape by free yoga classes at schools in this San Diego County beachside community, fearing they are indoctrinating youngsters in eastern religion.

"There's a deep concern that the Encinitas Union School District is using taxpayer resources to promote Ashtanga yoga and Hinduism, a religion system of beliefs and practices," the parents' attorney, Dean Broyles, told the North County Times ( http://bit.ly/RUMM4T).

In an Oct. 12 email to district Superintendent Tim Baird, Broyles called the yoga program unconstitutional and said he may take unspecified legal action unless the classes stop.

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The classes involve traditional eastern breathing techniques and poses. The district chooses teachers and sets the curriculum while the foundation trains the teachers.

The district has removed any religious content from the twice-weekly classes, Baird said.

"I think that they really would like to think that, but I don't think that, in actuality, it has been done," said Mary Eady, who removed her son from the classes. "There's really a lot of unease among a lot of parents."

The superintendent said only a few parents have pulled their children from the yoga classes and he did not expect district trustees to cancel the program.

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juniper jupiter
They fear yoga but have no problems with that retarded Zumba shit?

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Snark Shark
"passion for Christ"

She has a Jesus dildo?

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juniper jupiter
They fear yoga but have no problems with that retarded Zumba shit?

Zumba-How-To-Look-Stupid.jpg

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catharsist
The rising tide of neopaganism? The Christian religion swiped almost all of the pagan traditions! Easter? Spring solstice. Christmas? Winter solstice. Besides, what's wrong with pagans? They had sex constantly (jealous)! And they aren't busy trying to ax my reproductive rights. Christians are jack holes.

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thom_c

Hey Zumba is really popular in Maine:
http://newyork.newsday.com/news/nation/zumba-prostitution-scandal-leaves-maine-town-weary-1.4135872

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StudioFiftyFour
Unless the school is blowing the other schools away in literacy, math, and science, I see absolutely no reason why yoga needs to be taught by a school system.

If you want to learn yoga, there are plenty of studios that have lessons that don't have to be financed by the taxpayer.