Fun story. We recently did a survey in my choir class about the graduation music that has been performed at my graduation since my school was started 120 years ago. Apparently some important people in the district think we shouldn’t have religious music at graduation. And while I can understand people not wanting to have a religious graduation, this annoys and confuses me for several reasons.
First, I don’t even know why this conversation is happening. If people didn’t want an invocation, I could understand that. Though I honestly didn’t recognize it as a prayer until my mom told me thats what it was. But the music? What would it be replaced with? So much music is religious. Particularly from the genre you would hear at a traditional graduation. You could have no music at a graduation, but- in my opinion- the music is the most enjoyable part. Or you could use that time for another speaker- the worst part of graduation in my opinion.
The music shouldn’t offend people who don’t believe the words in the song are true to begin with. No one is running the ceremony as a Christian service. We’re there to celebrate the achievement of a group of teenagers graduating high school. The songs we sing aren’t for God or gods or whatever. They’re a celebration because high school is finally over!
The last point is just a question? Why graduation music? Like I said before, so much music has some religious meaning. You could say that graduation is different because family and friends have to be there in order to support their kids. That’s true. But also, whats the problem with people celebrating in their own way. You definitely don’t have to be Christian to attend. And you don’t have to join the singing. (But you do have to go through a metal detector) And religious music is in every single concert i’ve been to. I can’t think of one. To be fair, I cant remember the ones from elementary school.
If people were actually upset, they’d have brought it up long before now. 
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