--- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > In a message dated 7/9/06 1:16:13 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > Where are prayers banned in public buildings? > > > > Try schools for instance. You may pray quietly, silently if you wish, but > you can't lead a group of students in a morning prayer vocally in many > places, > it might offend somebody. Since it's not illegal to offend somebody, > separation of church and state is invoked which some people have interpreted > as > meaning you can't invoke a deity on government property. >
Schools are considered an unusual situation by the courts. The studnets are young, impressionable and are *mandated* to be there. Merely being present where a prayer is being led can be seen as coercing a student to participate in the prayer without parental permission. That's my understanding of how the courts deal with separation of church and state in the public schools. That's why you can have prayer meetings in prisons, hospitals, etc., but NOT in the schools. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
