text: A school is a place of learning, not religious practice.  Secularism means respecting everyone and allowing all to practice their beliefs in a respectfully private way. It does not mean that public schools should allow overt expression of religious practices by Christians, Hindus, Muslims, Jews, Sikhs or anyone else. Let kids explore Newtonian Physics, Ramanajun's Math and Plato's philosophy.  If religion could have done anything for anyone, there would be no plague, no poverty in 75% of the world, women and kids would be free from bondage everywhere, and the world would be full of Love and Respect ( supposedly the calling creed of every religion). 
  But clearly, the world is full of prejudice, injustice, hate, dogma, etc.
  Therefore, let schools be the place where the next generation discusses constructive ideas, and it should not become a battle ground for what religious preaches but never practices. 
  Defend character, promote justice, embrace ideas. Everything else is BS anyway.