Did you know there are
people out there who
believe that it is against the
law for there to be
prayer in
public schools? They think that the
government has passed some law keeping all of it
outside of
schools, that you can never
pray inside a school. How
silly of them! Of course there is prayer in schools, probably
every day in just about every school,
especially right before a
test. Nobody is keeping an eye on the
students, watching to see if any of them
bow their
heads or have their
eyes closed and seem to be doing something
privately, and
punishing and/or
suspending them for it. Heck, there are even schools that have
religious clubs that meet
after school on school grounds!
But I guess maybe that's not what they meant when they talk about school prayer being illegal. Maybe they really mean compulsory prayer, where the teacher, principal, or priest/pastor leads everyone in prayer that best fits the beliefs of the majority. Where public piety in schools is the default, and the student that doesn't want to participate is the one that stands out as different. Hmm, religious indoctrination by peer pressure. It seems awfully odd that they're so upset about each student being able to choose whether or not, and how, they pray.
Has become a big issue again due to the Supreme Court decision in Santa Fe Independent School District v. DOE. Listen to the people complain about the fact that they're not allowed to enforce their tyranny of the majority.