The AP (10/23) reports that a group of parents in Encinitas, California, are considering suing the local school district over its free yoga classes, "fearing they are indoctrinating youngsters in eastern religion." The AP quotes attorney Dean Broyles saying, "There's a deep concern that the Encinitas Union School District is using taxpayer resources to promote Ashtanga yoga and Hinduism, a religion system of beliefs and practices."
The North County (CA) Times (10/23) reports that Broyles, in a letter to Superintendent Tim Baird, "called the program unconstitutional and warned that he may initiate 'a legal course of action' if the district doesn't end it. Broyles declined last week to discuss what the group has in mind, but said it's considering all legal options. ... District officials say that they have stripped any semblance of religion from the classes, but some parents are worried that that may not be true."
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