Ed Leafe <> wrote:
> On May 9, 2007, at 8:24 AM, Stephen the Cook wrote:
>
>> Prayer is an act of respect. A value that is no longer present in
>> the public school system today.
>
> That is the stupidest statement I've seen on the list in a while.
> Even stupider than Virgil's, and he's come up with several whoppers.
Ed said is so it must be true!
> Children are completely free to pray whenever they like. There is
> nothing in the law that forbids this, and in fact there are several
> court rulings that reinforce this.
And many rulings that go out of their way to make it as difficult as
possible. No time to find supporting details, I have to run to the clients
site.
> What is prohibited is that government employees (we *are* talking
> *public* schools here) may not direct the children in religious
> activities. Oh, yeah, they can pray too, as long as it is done
> privately and not in their role as teacher or administrator. This is
> where the word "respect" comes into play: public schools, as part of
> the government, must respect the wishes of the families of their
> students and not attempt to impose any employee's beliefs on the
> students.
>
> Also, you imply that all was well in the world when kids were forced
> to conform to the teacher's or the administrator's religious
> practices, even when they weren't shared by the student and their
> family. I hope I don't have to remove the rose-colored filters on
> your history books.
Stephen Russell
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