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Originally Posted by Stompy
Prayer in school forces exposure of those who do not wish to pray, and maybe they don't want others knowing.
For example, "bow your head and pray" comes over the intercom and all the non-believers don't bow their head... then the students single them out, make fun of them, whatever... maybe they don't want everyone knowing.
That is why there is no prayer... that and public govt schools have no place even TOUCHING religion. If students wanna gather on their own time outside of the school's money/time, that's fine.
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You seem pretty vehement about this. . . why shouldn't public schools that receive government funding not touch religion? Would you include in this things like the religious undertones that should be understood when studying European history and the initial American expansion? What about current news that centers around religious events or is impacted by religious philosophy? Or how about getting rid of all the literature in the english department that talks about God? What really qualifies as too religious?