How does the School Prayer debate tie into our Civil Rights as Americans?

Well, our country was founded on the concept of separation of Church and State.....mainly due to the fact that our founding fathers had seen the problems that introducing a religion into government had caused such problems in the Old World.

Most of the problems we see today in the Middle East....and so many other parts of the world, find their causes in religious differences...

You are probably a Christian....so you find the concept of a Christian prayer in public schools non-offensive.....but I wonder how you would feel if, based on whatever majority happens to be in the school district, there would be American children coming home and saying that they were saying Islamic, or Jewish, or Buddhist, or some such prayers in their public schools...

After all, what is good for one group is good for all.....
 
I think they should at least give the kids a moment of silence. So they can pray or think about the day's lunch if they want to. But atheists stopped that too. Sad...
 
1st Amendment. Freedom from religion and Freedom of religion. You're allowed to practice your religion however you like, as long as you aren't imposing your will onto others, which school prayer does, because it's forced.

Students can voluntarily pray if they like, but it can't be school mandated.
 
Some people argue that it is our constitutional right to freedom of religion and thus we should be allowed to pray in school. However, the thing most people don't know is that the law only prohibits teachers in public schools to pray while on school grounds. Students can pray all they want. I don't agree with it, but it is what it is.
 
Some people argue that it is our constitutional right to freedom of religion and thus we should be allowed to pray in school. However, the thing most people don't know is that the law only prohibits teachers in public schools to pray while on school grounds. Students can pray all they want. I don't agree with it, but it is what it is.
 
A school (public) cannot set time aside for a "prayer." Where I teach, a student gets "a moment of silence" and that is for those who want to pray. Students do have a lot of rights. They do not have to stand and/or say the Pledge--Supreme Court made this decision 50 or more years ago.
 
Everyone has the right to pray or not pray however they wish, as long as they are not impeding the rights of others. Students may pray at school if they wish, but the school may not create a mandatory prayer time or in any way insist on students praying in any certain way. Schools may not endorse or condemn any religion.
 
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