Should we allow students in school to openly pray?
LoraA
2012/11/13 19:04:16
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Top Opinion
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Nam Era Vet #1 DNA TLC 2012/11/13 19:35:59yes! everyone has a right to pray wherever and whenever they want!
+6I pray openly when we eat out over our food. And if the kid isn't disrupting anything, I don't see how he is hurting anything.
...however, students are allowed to pray where there can be a reasonable accommodation, and are allowed to pray during general free times already.
Edit: I forgot, praying out loud before a meal is okay too; I always try to pray before meals. I'm just saying it'd be inappropriate to start praying at the top of your voice in the middle of class or something.
I'm only against it when the school makes you do it.
Straight from the Bible itself. Matthew 6:5-6.
"And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
SOUNDS CLEAR ENOUGH TO ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Only ones who complain are the Atheist... Of which I use to be one. But now I am a Jewish Christian and I accept Jesus Christ as the Messiah
Prayer should be allowed anywhere... After all, do you see the Government stopping Muslims? No, Just Christians and Jews
I clicked the thumbs-up button by accident.
Generally, though, as long as it's not interfering with the regular flow of a school day (e.g., in between classes or during lunch or recess), students should be allowed to pray. Teachers and staff, too.
It should be allowed as long as freedom of speech and freedom of religion still exist. Which, unfortunately, I'm not so sure how much longer they will exist, given the current left-leaning political climate.
That's when most kids do the bulk of their praying!
"Gawd, let him/her look at me, pleeeeeeeaaase!"
"Gawd, don't let him/her look at me, pleeeeeease!"
"Gawd, help me pass this test, pleeeeeeeeaase!"
"Gawd, don't let me get caught looking at his/her paper, pleeeeeeeaase!"
"Gawd, don't let him/her call on me, pleeeeeeaase!"
"Gawd, don't let me mess up this presentation, pleeeeeeeeaaase!"
etc.
Don't you remember?
They say there are no atheists in foxholes. I say there are no real atheists at school.
LOL
...funny that.