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Why is it they're allowed to pray openly in Congress but WE can't pray openly in a school?
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Why is it they're allowed to pray openly in Congress but WE can't pray openly in a school?
Why is it they're allowed to pray openly in Congress but WE can't pray openly in a school?
Really? My personal opinion is that students should spend more of their time learning to spell while in school. You should be able to appreciate that.
Aside from that obvious observation, my understanding is that students aren't prohibited from praying while at school. It just can't be sanctioned or promoted by the school since the public schools are taxpayer funded. It's not a hard concept to grasp.
There is a lot of hypocrisy inherent in the modern version of separation church/state created by the Supreme Court. There is no concept of separation of church/state in the Constitution. It was invented by FDR appointee Hugo Black, a former KKK member who wrote the majority opinion. Kids today are forced to read the Koran in some liberated areas but would be suspended for even carrying the Bible to school. A Korean War monument with a 40 ft Cross in San Diego was ordered bulldozed because some dumb assed agnostic was offended by it. Schools allow all kinds of craziness after school hours like wikken clubs that pretend to teach witchcraft but Bible studies are universally condemned in the union based public school system.
Why is it they're allowed to pray openly in Congress but WE can't pray openly in a school?
Why is it they're allowed to pray openly in Congress but WE can't pray openly in a school?
Really? My personal opinion is that students should spend more of their time learning to spell while in school. You should be able to appreciate that.
Aside from that obvious observation, my understanding is that students aren't prohibited from praying while at school. It just can't be sanctioned or promoted by the school since the public schools are taxpayer funded. It's not a hard concept to grasp.
So is the Congress asswipe. Now answer the question.
Nobody has an answer to the question.
Nobody has an answer to the question.
My answer is that Congress should not be allowed to pray
Why is it they're allowed to pray openly in Congress but WE can't pray openly in a school?
Really? My personal opinion is that students should spend more of their time learning to spell while in school. You should be able to appreciate that.
Aside from that obvious observation, my understanding is that students aren't prohibited from praying while at school. It just can't be sanctioned or promoted by the school since the public schools are taxpayer funded. It's not a hard concept to grasp.
Why is it they're allowed to pray openly in Congress but WE can't pray openly in a school?
Why is it they're allowed to pray openly in Congress but WE can't pray openly in a school?
Children are allowed to pray in school, provided the prayer or acknowledgment of religion is not mandated by the state, has a clear secular purpose, does not attempt to advance religion, and does not manifest an undue entanglement with the state. See: Lemon v. Kurtzman (1973).
With regard to Congress chaplaincy practice, however, the Court ruled that prayers by tax-supported chaplains had become part of tradition and custom dating back to the first Congress and invocations for divine guidance do not constitute an establishment of religion. In essence the Court carved out a Constitutional exemption for the practice. See: Marsh v. Chambers (1983).
Although the Court abandoned the Lemon Test in Chambers, it could still be argued that the chaplaincy practice does not seek to advance religion per se and manifests no undue entanglement with the state, in this case members of Congress. And the invocation could be construed as secular, as a form meditation or self-contemplation.