There are a myrid of cases were school principals, school superindentents and school boards have prevented students from praying at school under any circumstance, from carrying a Bible to school, from writing an essay about Jesus, from holding or organizing religious meetings.
So, if you would like to understand the actual facts of the issue, I suggest you get the facts first. If you research the issue at http://www.freedomforum.org/, you'll find that how schools have treated student-initiated religious activities to vary widely. H. -----Original Message----- From: Fleischer, Beth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 9:20 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Bush Wins! > HBO: Ah, prayer in school ... here is the perfect example to illustrate > my > point: If a teacher takes class time to lead the children in prayer (any > prayer), then that teacher, who is a representative of the government, is > violating the Constitution. Clearly, she is establishing religion. > However, > if a principal prevents students from gathering on the playground to pray > (we're talking non-class time and nobody is forced by the school to join), > then the principal is violating the free exercise clause. But many times > schools have prohibited the free exercise of religion (no-student lead > prayers, no religious-based clubs, no essays about the life of Jesus), and > this is wrong. > > except that you understand that kids ARE free to pray in schools on their own - their rights to pray in groups isn't denied either, its just the school led prayer thats an issue here. If you would like to understand the actual facts about this subject please read here: http://www.religioustolerance.org/ps_pra2.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-community@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
