Do they allow public display of religious expression in your public schools?

Question

Seriously, my sons are homeschooled but many of their friends have been telling us they are not allowed to say Grace, pray, wear crosses or crucifixes, or display ANY type of religious expression. I am sure that this is for ALL religions. We live in the U.S.A. not France! Is this going on everywhere?

Actually where I live is a small Texas town.

Basically what happened to freedom of expression and freedom OF religion?

Answer 1

NOPE..........it's going out

Answer 2

Nope! Thankfully, I live in a small mainly Christian community and they don't have any objections. In fact, last year or the year before, a 16 year old had brain cancer and at the entrance of the high school was a sign that said "Pray for Brian". On Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, we had a voluntarily prayer session out by the flag pole during a period. If you didn't want to go, you didn't have to. The school district is run by an ordained minister.

If they ever take away the student's right to prayer and wear crosses, then they are violating the 1st amendment.

Answer 3

As an atheist I think that's mostly going too far. It's absolutely right that schools have no business promoting religion - It should only appear as a subject of academic study in the RE syllabus - but that doesn't mean we should prevent kids from praying in their free time, if they want to. No-one has the right to be offended by someone doing that. The only thing I would say is that religious belief should not be used to gain privileges that other people don't have (such as extra time off for prayer) or to avoid rules that other people have to follow (such as not being allowed to wear jewellery). So, on that basis, if a school (for example) bans necklaces then it cannot be right to allow someone to wear a crucifix - Religious affiliation or belief does not entitle one to extra rights or privileges.

Answer 4

I basically executed a school regulation direction on the Graduate point. This authentic situation became stated-very own analyzing textile. it is not a controversy of educational freedom or religious expression if the instructor is analyzing the Bible, Torah, Koran, or the different religious analyzing textile on his/her very own time. If the instructor isn't using this textile as a coaching gadget, then it has no bearing whether the e book is on the table, on the bookshelf, or interior the instructor's totebag. No-you could't get fired for it-and if so the instructor is eligible for a due technique listening to. There are legal matters that set the precedent for religious paraphanalia interior the colleges. somebody made a remark out a e book on Satanism-or what if it have been a e book approximately Wicca? back, if it no longer a coaching gadget, then the instructor can't be fired. Granted, the instructor ought to probable no longer make a controversy over it and basically placed the e book out of sight. the instructor fairly shouldn't argue with their superior.

Answer 5

I think they should be kept out of schools, childern should be allow to worship what they want but a school is a place of education and religion should not be bought into it unless it is a school design for a set religion (ie chirstian schools). But I give you this I have a friend who was a lab technician at a christian school. In science they were not allowed to be taught Dawrins theory and other science "banned" from the bible. So if it becomes law that you can wear religious symbols or that you can teach ID in schools then there should also be a law that teachs so called "banned" science in religious schools.

Answer 6

That's illegal. Children must be allowed to engage in personal religious exercises providing it does not disturb the classroom environment. What is not allowed is school-sponsored or school promoted religious observations or displays.

Your son's friends are probably lying or exagerating (although not intentionally). It's a common myth, and it's one that some christians actually enjoy spreading (apparently, being oppressed has an appeal to some people).

If you can actually verify that they are telling the truth, contact the ACLU.

Answer 7

This is exactly what is happening because we have this new trend of multicultural, multifaith kind of school system because of the new society that we have established in the west.

In this process, we are restricting all our ideals of our way of life in tolerating the others. This is eventually going to bring out a generation which is not going to be able to express or live a free life due to the suppression of one's traditions from the past.

In my opinion, we are soon to see a generation of very confused youngsters growing into adulthood, that look the same because of a new society, talk the same, behave the same but there will be a part of them inside that will be forever suppressed.

Answer 8

I'm a teacher in a small town and we do not put stipulations on any of those things. If the kids want to read ther Bibles (which some do), pray in the halls, wear crosses, etc they would be allowed to as long as it wasn't disrupting class.

Answer 9

Owr children are not allowed to have any form of religious expression. The only way religion is taught is from the prespective of history. But then they have to cover all the main groups of religion so that no one is offended and the school gets sued and the teacher loses their job.....

You hear that flushing noise? It is our country going down the toilet.

Answer 10

I believe that you are still allowed to wear crucifixes and stuff, but I think the limit is on mandatory group prayer. I believe that children are allowed to express their religious view, as long as it doesn't infringe on other's right to religious expression.

Answer 11

Alot of this is exaggeration. There have been incidents where small groups of kids looking to cause trouble have gathered in groups and prayed loudly and publicly, which did cause problems. But schools are NOT expelling kids for saying grace to themselves quietly before eating lunch.