article_snippet.sent: Yoga being taught in a San Diego County school system is not a gateway to Hinduism and doesn't violate the religious rights of students or Hinduism parents, a California appeals court ruled Friday.
article_snippet.sent: 4th District Court of Appeal in San Diego San Diego upheld a lower court ruling that tossed out a family's lawsuit trying to block the Encinitas Union School District from teaching yoga as an alternative to traditional gym classes.
article_snippet.sent: The lawsuit brought by Stephen and Jennifer Sedlock and Stephen and Jennifer Sedlock two children claimed the school district's yoga classes promoted Hinduism and inhibited Christianity.
article_snippet.sent: A California appeals court ruled yoga classes taught at Capri do not violate students' right to religious freedom .
article_snippet.sent: 4th District Court of Appeal in San Diego wrote: 'While the practice of yoga may be religious in some contexts, yoga classes as taught in the Encinitas Union School District are, as 4th District Court of Appeal in San Diego determined, "devoid of any religious, mystical, or spiritual trappings.
highlights_snippet.sent: Lawsuit tried to block Encinitas Union School District from teaching yoga .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Family's lawsuit said yoga promoted Hinduism and inhibited Christianity .
  