LOS ANGELES: A California court said on 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.

Published in Dawn, April 5th, 2015

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