Religion In Public Schools

I think it is very sad that religion is not allowed in schools.I grew up in the UK where religion was taught and we had assembly every morning. Religious Educations was part of the curriculm we were taught the Bible stories and the main points of other religions as well. Throught this I grew to apprecciate a wider view of the world. I am now in Japan where there is no religious education so I have spent time teaching my kids about religion and religious ideas. I think it very sad that a student body wasn't allowed to pray for a fellow student or his family.

I dont agree that prayer should be taken out of the schools. This is why I think that so many things have been happening to the schools. They are no longer under the protection of God. I am not all for shoving religion into the people. They believe what they believe. I am not into forcing anyone.

If you as a student would have asked to stand in front of the class and ask them to pray for the student it would have been fine, but as a school employee the principal cannot say that because it could be regarded as him telling you to practice a religion. The law does not keep religion out it keeps the students free from influence in any one religion. Do I agree with it, no, I am a Christian and I pray, but when I am in a classroom I am legally bound to not mention my own belifs. These laws are the result of faithless people.

I believe there's nothing wrong with that. the principle simply aware that they are other religions besides the one they had. if he asked to pray in their religion way then that would have been disturbing. bu he did say pray but not specifically how, that probably he allows other to practice their own way of praying.

i dont think of any harm praying for a person..he din't ask to pray as per a particular faith right..even if he had asked to,there is nothing wrong.. schools are places that need to tell children all religions are same n all gods equally help a virtuous person... that incident was one instance where religious equality would be demonstrated..

Pray is an innocuous word! Not associated with any religion in particular. Why cant that be used. I am afraid that seems like carrying things to far. In India we have a vague secularism, where the state gives recognition to every religion. Obviously, any conflicts lead to plenty of problems as politicians are the first to run away from the scene. We could do with this form of legislation. But coming to the point once again, I appreciate that religion should be kept out of everything that is public. Invariably children get prejudiced without being aware of full facts, and may do something because of which they will spoil their entire life. Similarly, other sections of public too might behave hysterically at some news. So religion should not be allowed to accompany a person outside his or her home. It is also true that religion is a very personal thing. We ask a number of things from god, and not all of them are lawful. How can we then share our gods with others? They should remain within the four walls of home. The word pray however does not refer to any specific religion, so such caution on the part of the principal was uncalled for.

I think it is ok if they mentioned every religion. The sentence "Pray for him" does not have anything bias against or towards one any religion. We can still 'pray for him' by praying to our own religion's god. It is just a way to show our last respect to the student ;D