A California court says yoga classes taught at an elementary school do not violate students’ right to religious freedom, after parents complained Hindu and Buddhist doctrines were being promoted.
Los Angeles (AFP) – A California court said Friday that yoga classes taught at an elementary school do not violate students’ right to religious freedom, after parents complained Hindu and Buddhist doctrines were being promoted.
The parents of two students at an Encinitas district school near San Diego said the yoga classes, which were taught as part of the school’s physical education curriculum, infringed on their children’s constitutional rights.
The First Amendment bans school-sponsored religious promotion and prayer.
But after a years-long court battle, the Fourth District Court of Appeal in San Diego ruled the courses are not faith-based.
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