Not only will this lead to confusion on the part of the students, but this is a not-so-subtle way of hiding the substantial influence of religion in the history of Western civilization. Our schools should not be in the business of hiding things from students; they should be in the business of revealing things to them.

This is an attempt to religiously sterilize the teaching of history in our schools.

The fact that they tried to make the change in the first place to us was an indication that they didn't think it was any big deal to anybody, which I think is a measure of how out of touch they are with what people care about. ... For a government body to just ignore that, I think they do at their own peril.