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 UPDATE Turns out kids in Alabama will be able to participate in  yoga sessions, with restrictions to appease fearful, ignorant "Christians." Yoga could be welcome in Alabama schools after all.   Sponsors of the bill legalizing it made some entirely unnecessary changes to their legislation, just to appease religious "conservatives" in the state, who fear anything other than their brand of Christianity.  According to Al.com: "The (Alabama State) Senate amended the bill to say that 'school personnel may not  use any techniques that involve hypnosis, the induction of a dissociative mental state, guided imagery, meditation or any aspect of Eastern philosophy and religious training." Never mind that yoga does not involve hypnosis, and earlier versions of the bill these "Christians" objected to already banned schools from using yoga for anything other than exercise.  But you gotta appease the crazies to get anything accomplished, right?   I know yo...

"No yoga for kids, please, we're Alabama!" Apparently, lawmakers in Alabama are afraid of some odd things.   Yoga, for example. Apparently, doing yoga could make you very un-Christian, or at least do un-Christian things, so it has no place in Alabama. At least that's the opinion of a number of Republican state legislators.  Last month, a bill that would have allowed yoga (allowed, not mandated) was shot down once again in the Alabama legislature.  According to the Associated Press, a bill was introduced to allow yoga in schools. The AP reported:  ".....representatives for two conservative groups objected, saying they were worried it could lead to the promotion of Hinduism or guided meditation practices. The Alabama lawmaker sponsoring the bill, a former college athlete, said the bill is about exercise and not religion.  'This whole notion that if you do yoga, you'll become Hindu - I've been doing yoga for 10 years and I go to church and I'm very m...