Court Seen Balky on Religous Cases

This article highlights several cases where the Supreme Court seems cautious to move forward on several cases of religion and the school system going head to head.  There are several religious-liberty groups that have asked the justices to hear appeals on around a half-dozen cases involving religious expression in the public school system.  Several of these include including religious music in holiday concerts, students distributing religious material to their classmates, and religious themed graduation speeches.  I feel strongly that religion needs to be kept at arms length from school, simply because there are so many variances in belief systems, and to acknowledge one is to the detriment of the rest.  While I feel each student has their right to some expression of their belief, it must be done in a respectful, non-proselytizing manner, yet unfortunately the very nature of many religions demand this type of approach.  I personally am not a religious person, but do find the study of religion to be very interesting, and would support a factual, equal-opportunity approach to religion in an educational fashion.  In fact I would love the opportunity to teach a class on religions of the world, if only to dispel the fantasy and mysticism that believers strive to maintain around their "faith."  But the attempts by religious groups to shove their belief system down the throats of the public school systems are simply another political battle to be waged in the name of God - which to me sounds a bit contradictory to the precepts their very faith preaches.  It is all very interesting, to say the least.