I for one am glad the courts removed government sponsored or mandated religion from our schools.
I attended school prior to the US Supreme Court’s decision on State sponsored prayer in schools. I have had the opportunity to observe State Sponsored Religion in action in a public school environment.
The school I attended had a policy where each day a different student on a rotational basic had to stand in front of the class and lead the class in a Christian prayer. Failure to do so resulted in corporal punishment.
Do I think any child should be subjected to such treatment? No I do not. Will I demand and support bringing criminal charges against anyone who practices such a medieval promotion of a religious belief, YES.
I wonder what parents would say if a school age child of today came home and told them he was beaten because he refused to lead the class in the five times daily prayers of a middle east religious belief.
If parents feel religion and prayer is so important in their children’s life teach it at home. Better yet instead of hanging out in a bar on Saturday night stay at home and take children to a church on Sunday morning.
Given the number and diverse religious beliefs in the United States we all need to remember one thing, “Our rights, religious or otherwise ends where someone’s else begins”. Because we put our left shoe on first every time does not make our religious or individual rights truncate, diminish or negate the rights of others.
