Why is religion removed form school for offending people? ( See Details)?

Question

I think it offends more people being removed than it did being there. It is crazy that people expect americans as a whole to change their way of life because they are offended. What about others being offended because of the change?

Answer 1

i think this all caused by ******* nutters who are immature and have way too much time on their hands, just like that fat a$$ chick that sued mcdonalds and won, that is just ******* stupid

Answer 2

"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."

Since public schools are public property the exercising of religion on them by employees of the school districe, a government body, is prohibited.

Also:

School Prayer: Any child who attends public school should be allowed a time of prayer if they wish it4. As our schools have become a political battleground it is indeed needed. Since not every teacher in every class room is devoutly religious in any institutional expression how would we expect them to pray? Those who are of a specific religious expression should be expected to pray in which tradition? It would be an abomination to the ethos of our nation to insist that a Hindu, or Wiccan, or Jew, pray a watered down version of The Lord's Prayer.

... In all honesty, with the way that this nation switches trends, would it be wise, over the course of a lifetime, to expect the nation to focus on any one religion's teachings? It boggles the imagination that parents would want this kind of education in the hands of the secular school system.

Answer 3

See that is the mistake read the constitution it does not say seperation of church and state it says the state will not set a religion. I dont see where it says seperation this is the amendment in question

Amendment I
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

Answer 4

Religion is not "removed" from the school because it offends people. It is not allowed in schools because the state runs schools and the Constitution does not allow the state to support a religion. Further, people have rights, not only Christians. One of these rights is to believe, or not believe, in a religion and to practice that religion. Putting a religion in schools uses the state, and its power, to influence young minds, and their parents may not want their children indoctrinated by a religion or religion at all.

Of course Christians are offended that they cannot teach their religion in schools or even to use the state's property to demonstrate their practice of their religion - they are always offended at anything that limits them to the free excercise of their religion at their own expense and in their own places. Just totally persecuted for that.....

Answer 5

Unless the school in question is a Parochial school, then religion has no place being taught there. Schools are supported by TAXPAYERS and I object to my tax dollars being used to teach about Geezus and God.

Not everyone believes in Geezus or God or is Jewish or a Christian. There are a LOT of religions in the world and they don't all believe in GEEZUS or ALLAH or Yahway (sp) or whatever.

Personally, I think there is already enough christian religion being taught in this country... along with that stupidity Divine Selection or whatever it called to not belie in Evolution or any other thing that doesn't agree with that stupid Bible.

School is for learning and, when you add in religion, it makes LEARNING almost impossible. It's better to have a brain and NO religion than to have a religion and no brain.

Answer 6

Teaching overtly religious material in public schools has never been legal. Certain cultural practices such as Christmas and Halloween used to be tolerated because 1) many communities were more monolithic back then and 2) the rights of minorities were often not respected.

Christianists who rant about their prayers not being recited in the classroom should keep in mind that the same constitutional protection protects their children from being led in prayers to Krishna, Gaia, or Allah.

Answer 7

It's called "equal protection under the law". Everyone has the right to worship as they see fit. Everyone includes Muslims, Jews, atheists, and those who worship Mummagumma, not just Christians. If you deny the rights of one, you must deny the rights of all.

Public schools are funded by taxpayer dollars. Should an atheist be forced to have his tax money go toward the teaching of things that are contrary to his beliefs? Would you feel comfortable sending your child to a school that had to teach devil worship simply because there was a devil worshiping family in town? I wouldn't. So, the choice is "all or nothing". The logical choice is nothing.

Answer 8

The ACLU and Liberal judges took care of this.... the public did not have the opportunity to vote either way!

Personally, America's real problems began with prayer being removed from our schools...and the ACLU and Liberal judges were responsible for this one too....the public did not have the opportunity to vote on this one either...

Just like abortion.....

and it's the ACLU and Liberal judges that continues to overturn the Marriage Amendment... it can't be brought to a vote because of Liberals.... the purpose to make it an amendment to the Constitution was to allow the American people to vote for it...

Liberals do not want the American people to vote for any of the above, because they know that Americans would turn out in droves to vote for the marriage amendment, against abortion, and prayer would be back in our schools, with The Ten Commandments hanging in the school halls.

Answer 9

Religion technically can't be "removed" from school. You can still pray, you can still read a bible or other religious books. You can still practice your faith. However, it is wrong for any public school to ENDORSE a particular religion. This could be intimidating for other kids in the school who do not endorse the same faith and possibly make them feel inferior. Not only that, but school should be a place of tolerance and learning...many religions don't necessarily promote tolerance of other faiths.

Answer 10

This is a question no one's going to like the answer to if it doesn't suit them, but to be honest for once in my life the best answer I've ever heard was said on television:

"It's not about protecting the twenty kids in class who read the Bible and pray every day, it's about protecting the one kid who gets his *** kicked every day at recess because he doesn't join them in the morning prayer."

If you are looking for a quote with more historical significance, I will refer you to one of two of our most influential founding fathers, James Madison:

"There is no maxim, in my opinion, which is more liable to be misapplied, and which, therefore, more needs elucidation, than the current one, that the interest of the majority is the political standard of right and wrong.”

Or, if you prefer:

"The prescriptions in favor of liberty, ought to be levelled against that quarter where the greatest danger lies, namely, that which possesses the highest prerogative of power: But this [is] not found in either the executive or legislative departments of government, but in the body of the people, operating by the majority against the minority."

It is not the number of people who are offended by the decision which makes it right or wrong, and it is not the amount of largesse we give to the majority to have their way unilaterally which defines the success of a democracy.

It is the truth of the decision in protecting the rights of all citizens which ultimately defines its value, and the ability of a democracy to protect all its citizenry, the embattled minority from a majority who would seek to bring only the justice of a mob and impose an unreasoned will upon them, and the majority from falling into such unreasoned viciousness, on which all democracies truly succeed.

Answer 11

its called freedom of religion. its in the Constitution. There are so many different types of religion in our county, it wouldn't be fair or right to just pin one certain belief on all of our students. that would cause lots of problems and its unconstitutional too. I think having classes on religion as an elective could be a good thing though. it could educate students on different types of beliefs and offer students faith that come from a home without any.