“For a public school, this rule doesn’t seem like forcing anything on anyone.”
It is against their religion. No one should force anyone to do something against their religion. And there are gender differences before puberty.
“LU, while it is not according to halacha, it is not sick”
I meant that it is sick to force someone to do something against their religious beliefs or against their tznius sensitivities. This falls into both categories.
“No different than public schools teaching about education to prevent STDs, or Families with two Mothers/Fathers, etc. which already exist in most of the western world.”
Okay, so those are also problems.
“If you don’t like it, home school or send to private school.”
I don’t know if it’s reasonable to expect someone to home school their child because the public school is acting against freedom of religion. It’s not necessarily a realistic option for everyone.
But as for private school, that was my question. Why would someone who is so concerned about religious issues send to public school in the first place? Perhaps there are no local Muslim or non-religious private schools so they had no choice? Or maybe they couldn’t afford private school? Either way, the public school has a responsibility to not force people to do things against their religion.
Veltz Meshugener +1