Context is important in this debate amid the holiday season wherein locals happily belt out songs of praise to clandestine pagan idols . . . Here's the word . . .
"Two specific songs,'Praise His Holy Name' and 'Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel' — and concerns about how the teacher presented them to students — sit at the center of the complaint.
"Public schools can legally teach religious music in certain contexts, such as educating students on a musical genre or historical period. Schools fall into potential trouble when teachers proselytize, lead students in devotional activity or select Christian music without a secular purpose.
"The Freedom From Religion Foundation contends that the teacher veered into unconstitutional territory, arguing that the songs were merely worship and didn’t have particular historical or educational value."
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