text: It is ironic and hypocritical to ignore the religious origin when people post things like "why can't they just pray after school, everyone else does" or " keep religion out of school" which fly in the face of the fact that the work week and  school week are designed to accommodate Christian worship. It doesn't have a conflict with the school schedule because the school is inherently designed to allow for religious services on Sunday. When we have students whose religion isn't Christian and who have a different holy day then it's natural in a pluralistic society to find ways to allow them to both practice their religion and attend school. There is nothing inherently contradictory about that despite the bleating of so many posters here.
  
  I'm not, and have never suggested we eliminate those old religious derived elements. I'm saying we need to recognize that we have those origins and that others don't and so we should find a way to reasonably accommodate their needs.