So you do then agree that it is okay for the Public Schools to tell children that ‘we are endowed by our Creator with certain unalienable rights’?
With the emphasis that our rights are given by our Creator
After all, that is what the founders wrote was our foundational principle.
You are not biased against that are you? You would consider the neutral teaching of the founders to be neutral wouldn’t you?
That IS a very core foundational principle -
if rights don’t objectively come from our Creator,
then they are granted by men and governments,
and can therefore be legitimately taken away by them.
George Mason wrote most of the Virginia Declaration of Rights (now part of the Virginia Constitution). In the first line he wrote that all men "by nature" have "certain inherent rights," particularly to "life and liberty" and "pursuing and obtaining happiness." Sound familiar? It should. Your above famous line from the Declaration of Independence is based on Mason's earlier work. The federal Constitution's Bill of Rights is also based on this work (Mason is considered the "co-father" with Madison), as are the declarations of rights in most state constitutions. THIS was the landmark document that framed our relationship with our government. Mason is far too underappreciated, as most people probably can't remember him as one of the Founders although he was one of the most important.
Now that you know the larger picture, the answer is of course, it is an important American historical document, so it should be taught.
With the emphasis that our rights are given by our Creator
Now there's your bias towards religion. Shall we teach the Virginia Declaration of Rights and put emphasis on how it says "inherent [natural] rights" instead of them being endowed by a creator? Do you think we shouldn't teach the Virginia Declaration of Rights?