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| Author: Posted: Sep. 8, 2002 | This Page Viewed: 7,017,652 |
Question of the Week: 3 - 8/20/2000 Church and State, Religion in School... What is YOUR View? Church and State, Religion in School... What is YOUR View? |
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| Last Spring We Had A Court Battle Over Whether The Lords Prayer... | Sep 2nd. at 1:32:08 am EDT |
| catlady (Sasdkatoon, Saskatchewan CA) | Age: 50 - Email |
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Last spring we had a court battle over whether the Lords Prayer should be allowed in the public schools. Bottom line? It was banned. Now our school board is juggling a hot potatoe because it can't decide if it should instruct its teachers to not conduct that particular prayer in the classroom. Instead, they are opting to require that every day a different "prayer" be said in accordance with the religions of the students in the classroom. The question then is, "What 'prayer' would a teacher initiate for a pagan child? The reason for the ban was to get prayer completely out of the schools, instead, the school board has chosen to try a different tactic for the same result. What a shame. Children shouldn't be forced to pray at all, never mind to whatever god someone else in the classroom believes in. |
| If The School Board Would Take A Good Look At The Melting... | Sep 2nd. at 9:02:11 am EDT |
| Cellina Rhiannon (Madison, Virginia US) | Age: 28 - Email |
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If the School Board would take a good look at the melting pot of diverse backgrounds in which most school districts are situated, I hope that they would see the need to be flexible and changeable in making allowances for all religious paths. Right now, there is no balance and to achieve it they need to look into receiving CORRECT info about the religious path, as much as we need to be willing to step out of the closet and procure this info. Fear stems from what is not understood and it is up to us to educate the masses about our Pagan part in this. I think about this with sadness as the child who is supposedly reaping benefits from posted Commandments is sitting next to another child who is forbidden to wear a pentacle to school. This type of contradictive one-sidedness is where we need to start. If they honor Christianity, and enforce prayer in school, than only half of their job is done. The U.S. so far has taken such an ineffectual approach at discovering a fair and equal way of honoring all religions. The schools are there to EDUCATE, so why should this be so difficult for them? We need to be involved as leaders of our communities and reach out and speak out. It is time we are heard, it is time they were reminded of First Amendment Rights, it is time to let them know we are everywhere! |
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