Does the First Amendment guarantee that a school curriculum will offend no religious group?

"New York", United States of America

The following excerpt is from Ware v. Valley Stream High School Dist., 550 N.E.2d 420, 551 N.Y.S.2d 167, 75 N.Y.2d 114 (N.Y. 1989):

[550 N.E.2d 427] It is generally acknowledged that mere exposure to ideas that contradict religious beliefs does not impermissibly burden the free exercise of religion. 4 The First Amendment does not [75 N.Y.2d 125] stand as a guarantee that a school curriculum will offend no religious group. 5 Moreover, parents have no constitutional right to tailor public school programs to individual preferences, including religious preferences (see, Epperson v. Arkansas, 393 U.S. 97, 106, 89 S.Ct. 266, 271, supra).

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