Who took PRAYER out of the schools anyway?

i don't think any form of religion should be taught in school. is your sunday school teacher an actual teacher? i'm just saying people don't send their kids to church to be taught an acedemic education. you go to church to learn the bible and for prayer. if your son was the only student reading religious material, i would have left him go. but, with the other kids reading such matter, i would have had none reading it. but, if they were the only ones reading that nonsense, i would have told them to put it away. i know that is a double standard, but i would have been leery that someone would have picked up on it and i would have had a problem with the rest of the students. i suggest to talk to your son's reading teacher, then the principal, then the school board. and it's anything like ours...........good luck!

My sunday school teacher can teach algebra too! :) I appreciate your opinon and I have to disagree with you. I feel it's wrong to deny people from praying, reading their bible, or talking about their faith and beliefs in God....mostly Christians are being denied this. My son was told that he couldn't read his bible in reading class, because its not appropriate. He's reading...its not prngrphy or anything vulgar or destructive...what's inappropriate. A student a couple seats over from him was reading a satanic bible and that was passed by. Do you feel its right that Other religions (Not Christianity) are being taught and read about in schools?

I agree fritz. Unless it is a religious school (like I went to a Catholic school) there is no place for prayers. In the US we have seperation of state and religion and schools are a state thing--they are funded by our tax dollars and not everyone going to the school is the same religion. At a religious school you are paying the tuition to go to that particular school so they can pray all they want in class. Growing up we were required to pray before each class period. By the time I graduated high school I opted out of prayer time. I no longer believed in praying out loud. I would say the prayer in my head while everyone chanted along with the Our Father. I would not be totally objected to a moment of silence/meditation/whatever as long as they didn't call it prayer in public schools.

total moronic....I mean oxymoron lol

The supreme court is part of the moral mojority...they put the pressure and the old farts to what they are dictated too.

The "moral majority" never had an opportunity to vote on this issue...neither did anyone else! The supreme court decided this one! Please check your facts. Thanks!

Amazing....that One woman robbed all of us from our fundamental rights of being a Christian in public, while allowing other religions to present themselves any way they desire. Why was she so afraid of us Christians and especially Prayer?.......Because God is real and hears our prayers maybe.

She was really certifiably crazy. She got her just rewards though and I often wonder if she "discovered" God in the end. Her granddaughter, an atheist member and she were all killed by one another one of her own athiest members...all for rhe money their movement had raised. Seems like just rewards, doesn't it?

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I completely agree with you! Look what is being forced upon our kids now with the homosexual agenda. Teachers can no longer discuss families with a mother and father and children. They can now openly talk about transvestites, 2 mommies, 2 daddies, etc. With prayer and the Bible being left out of the schools the kids have no respect for anything...Why should they?

I agree with you guys..........

You are so right! It was never put to a vote, it was just arbitrarily decided that we shouldn't have prayer in school anymore. And about our representatives, I believe that 99.9% of them are there for their own pockets getting filled...and the devil with the people! I am a bit cynical about politicians these days, on both sides!

You make a great point about being a PUBLIC school. I'm not Catholic, but I'd like my children to have the freedom to pray if they choose, read the Bible if they choose, and be able to discuss their beliefs openly, just like other religions are allowed to. I don't feel it should be forced on people and I think that's what most people don't want. Strange thing is the Christianity was acceptable all the time and because of 1 person, those rights for Christians have been taken away.

I'm starting to realize their are some schools that have staff that allow it and don't make a big deal about it, because most of them are Christians themselves. That is a blessing for you and those schools. My sons were both asked to not read the Bible during reading time, but another student was reading the Satanic Bible and nothing was said. Those are the times that I feel are wrong, but you say anything to the teacher and your child starts failing their class for some reason.

You can still go to public achool and pray and etc... The school can't say no if you do it on your own time instead of in class time. =) People prayed at my public school all the time.

Good point....thanks for participating in this discussion!

I completely agree. Our children should be able to freely pray and talk about Jesus, just as other religious can.

Of course they should be able to Prayer. By doing Prayers in the early age a child's mind gains the human touch, which has now become a rare quality in adults.

Not making the kids pray is one thing and okay I don't have a problem with that. I don't feel a child should be reprimanded for offering a prayer, reading the Bible or sharing their faith openly, of course not interfering with teaching time to do it though.

Unfortunately because its not allowed in the schools, some teachers press their students if they choose to read the Bible or speak of their faith. So I guess it depends on what kind of teacher of school staff are present and how far each of them personally take it. Thank you for sharing.

Some teachers and schools take supressing students' real rights too far.

Great point...thanks for participating in this discussion.

Isn't it amazing how 1 person ranting and raving, gets other peoples freedoms removed?

good point.

Well said to clarify how prayer has been removed. Unfortunately, with it being removed audibly it is looked down upon if students want to pray in groups. Also, you mention All or None. So explain why the Muslim religion can still be taught, discussed, and children told to write about or enact a Jihad in their classroom. We had to protest against it being done, but its still being presented anyway. I feel there is nothing wrong with discussing Religions in a Historical setting...like History Class. Not forcing anyone to participate in any part of it, but just informational purposes.

I agree. There can be classes about religion in a historical sense. I can't believe Islam is being taught, as in making students face Mecca and pray 5 times a day. If that were the case you should protest.

MADILINE MURRAY TOOK PRAYERS OUT OF SCHOOL She was quite the actavist

Here in CA, you are taught in the schools now to keep your religion to yourself, if you're a Christian. Muslims can disuss their religion and even set-up mock jihad's in the classroom (that happened right after 911 took place), but don't you dare talk about Jesus....Example: Christmas/Easter and Christ being any part of that. Don't get me wrong, some teachers are fair, but the School District's are making it extremely difficult.

Thank you for sharing your opinion.

Thank you for your response.