Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>Tomorrow morning I'm going to my son's kindergarden graduation.<< I still remember my kids' preschool graduation ceremonies. Little mortar boards made out of construction paper, "diplomas" rolled and tied with a ribbon. I wish I'd videotaped it, damn it.
Originally Posted By alexbook ...and for those who think holding it in a church is no big deal, consider that simply entering that church is against some people's religions. So those people (some non-Christians and some members of "non-standard" Christian denominations) would have to choose between attending their graduation or violating their religious convictions. Certainly, as an avowed Atheist (I've since given it up, and consider myself an agnostic nowadays), I'd have struggled with the question of whether to attend the ceremony. BTW, do they still do invocations at high school graduations? Way back in 1978, when I graduated (from a public high school in California), they had a Christian minister of some sort give a speech. It wasn't exactly a prayer, which I guess got them around the rules against prayer in school, but it was close enough to make me feel awful and left out.
Originally Posted By jasmine7 <<BTW, do they still do invocations at high school graduations?<< They did when I graduated in '95. Of course, I live in the middle of the Bible belt, so no surprise there. It was pretty much a prayer, and as an agnostic at the time, I definitely felt uncomfortable & left out.
Originally Posted By beamerdog Wouldn't bother me to have a graduation in a church. That being said, my grandparents wouldn't have been too happy. I think that those people who would be offended by the site would rather have had the cross and/or statues covered.
