"God Bless America" in a public school

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9. other comments about it being "just a song" or "written by an atheist jew" are beside the point.

if it's being broadcast to a captive student audience on a daily basis, then it is being used for religious and nationalistic indoctrination.

this is completely different from broadcasting it, say, at the start of a sporting event.

i think it is completely inappropriate.


having said that, it is one of many things that our establishment views as "minor" infractions causing little damage to our first amendment rights, such as mentions of god on our money or at the start of sessions of congress.

of course, the ones deciding that these are "minor" infractions are usually themselves believers, and in any event certainly fail to provide a compelling argument as to why mentioning god is so important as to outweigh even the "minor" harm to religious freedom.


i mean, they could start the day without a song, or with any of a number of "good morning" type songs that don't mention god.