Allowing prayer in public schools remains a compelling and often heated issue for many Americans. Is a student-led Lord's Prayer acceptable before the big game on Friday night? What about a two-minute "moment of silence" during home room? Of course, this isn't simply a matter of prayer itself but a representation of a much larger, more encompassing topic: Where does the line exist between religious freedom and religious imposition?
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Should Prayer Be Allowed in Public Schools?
Try to stop people from praying, I dare you
The government is not allowed to make any laws regarding religion , neither prohibiting it nor promoting it, due to the First Amendment. There will always be prayer in school, or anywhere else people are gathered. The problem is teacher-directed prayer or "moments of silence". These are wrong. If students or anyone else wish to pray on their own, they must be allowed to do so. But, when the "leader" in the class suggests a prayer or moment of silence, children may feel pressured to go along against their will, and in violation of their rights.
The real foundational issue is that "public schools" are unconstitutional and financed through theft ("taxation"), which causes them to embrace and promote socialism. They MUST be eliminated completely. Education is much too important to leave to the bumbling socialistic fools of government.
- KentMcManigal May 29, 2009 8:07PM
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