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Amanda Holpuch reports in the Guardian: Evangelical Christian group helps sue California school over yoga classes:
A group of California parents are campaigning for the withdrawal of school yoga classes, believing the activity promotes Hinduism.
In an effort to promote student health, a school district in Encinitas incorporated the yoga classes into its wellness curriculum this week. But a vocal minority of parents, spurred on by an evangelical Christian group, are calling for the program to be dropped.
The parents are backed by the National Center for Law & Policy, a Christian civil liberties organization that advocates for religious causes. The NCLP, a non-profit group, said it is considering suing the school because it claims yoga is inherently religious.
Read on at the Guardian
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