Namaste This, Alabama!

Yep, that’s right, these are explosive times in the state of Alabama, land of the deep-fried every food, mind-your-manners, no cursing and dress your Sunday best for church. Strangely, it’s not to protest the recent, near total ban on abortions that will force incest and rape survivors to bear the offspring of males who should be dropped into the nearest penal institution for at least 100 years before they are eligible to see another drop of sunlight. Thank you for your love of all things female, Governor Hutchinson! Nor is it any kerfuffle arising from the long-held law that allows a brother to marry his own sister and consider it a legitimate marital union blessed by the state of Alabama. “Hell, Damn straight Martha May is my sister but she sure is prettier than any of my pimply cousins,”Jethro said as he strutted up the aisle.

No, this is serious, unlike anything previously mentioned, and could change the experience of school children across the state because of a law passed in 1993, banning yoga from their gyms and classrooms, as it might expose them to Hindu, which could have the deleterious effect of Alabaman children forsaking the Christian God that 86% of Alabamans currently favor. Now, I am not saying that Alabama isn’t diversified enough, as it touts nearly one percent of its population as being each of Hindu, Jewish, and Muslim backgrounds, and that’s progress enough, right?

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It all started back in late 1992, when a boy named Ethan Warren Ditty, was introduced to yoga at…