What happened to keeping Religion out of schools?

Question

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=52335
You can't bring a Bible to school or aqttempt to teach from it yet this is allowed WHY? Do I smell a DOUBLE standard? Why isn't the ACLU all over this?

Answer 1

Funny you asked this question. I just got an e-mail today. I have received it once already but worth reading again

WOW, WHAT A WAKE UP!



Dear God:



Why didn't you save the school children at ?. .



Moses Lake, Washington 2/2/96

Bethel, Alaska 2/19/97

Pearl, Mississippi 10/1/97

West Paducah, Kentucky 12/1/97

Stamp, Arkansas 12/15/97

Jonesboro, Arkansas 3/24/98

Edinboro, Pennsylvania 4/24/98

Fayetteville, Tennessee 5/19/98

Springfield, Oregon 5/21/98

Richmond, Virginia 6/15/98



Littleton, Colorado 4/20/99

Taber, Alberta, Canada 5/28/99

Conyers, Georgia 5/20/99

Deming, New Mexico 11/19/99

Fort Gibson, Oklahoma 12/6/99

Santee, California 3/ 5/01 and

El Cajon, California 3/22/01?



Sincerely,



Concerned Student



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Reply:



Dear Concerned Student:



I am not allowed in schools.



Sincerely,



God



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How did this get started?...



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Let's see,

I think it started when Madeline Murray O'Hare complained

she didn't want any prayer in our schools.



And we said, OK..



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Then,

someone said you better not read the Bible in school,

the Bible that says

"thou shalt not kill,

thou shalt not steal,

and love your neighbors as yourself,"



And we said, OK...



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Dr. Benjamin Spock said

we shouldn't spank our children

when they misbehaved

because their little personalities

would be warped and we might damage their self-esteem.



And we said,

an expert should know what he's talking about

so we won't spank them anymore..



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Then someone said

teachers and principals better not

discipline our children when they misbehave.

And the school administrators said

no faculty member in this school

better touch a student when they misbehave

because we don't want any bad publicity,

and we surely don't want to be sued.



And we accepted their reasoning...



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Then someone said,

let's let our daughters have abortions if they want,

and they won't even have to tell their parents.



And we said, that's a grand idea...



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Then some wise school board member said,

since boys will be boys

and they're going to do it anyway,

let's give our sons all the condoms they want,

so they can have all the fun they desire,

and we won't have to tell their parents they got them at school.



And we said, that's another great idea...



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Then some of our top elected officials said

it doesn't matter what we do in private as long as we do our jobs.



And we said,

it doesn't matter what anybody,

including the President,

does in private as long as we have jobs and the economy is good....



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And someone else took that appreciation a step further

and published pictures of nude children

and then stepped further still by

making them available on the Internet.



And we said, everyone's entitled to free speech....



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And the entertainment industry said,

let's make TV shows and movies that promote

profanity and violence.

And let's record music that encourages

rape, drugs, murder, suicide, and satanic themes...



And we said,

it's just entertainment

and it has no adverse effect

and nobody takes it seriously anyway,

so go right ahead.



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Now we're asking ourselves

why our children have no conscience,

why they don't know right from wrong,

and why it doesn't bother them to

kill strangers, classmates or even themselves.



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Undoubtedly,

if we thought about it long and hard enough,

we could figure it out.

I'm sure it has a great deal to do with...




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Answer 2

Its no double standard, its just a gray area. It is unconstitutional to force someone not to pray to their GOD. And standing and reciting the Pledge of Allegience is forcing others to forsake their beliefs for America's own. Hence catch-22. No one wins. That really shouldn't be the issue though. What the real issue is, can you respect a person, not for what GOD they believe in, but what they value as honorable. The reason that religion should not be allowed in public schools because then all the teachers would be in essence become part of the clergy. Keep religion private, in public schools, and academia will florish.

Answer 3

If it's a religious school, then yes, they probably can require you to bring your bible to school, dress a certain way, & say prayers containing God in them. The public schools remain neutral on religion. They cannot endorse any particular religion or use school time for prayers.

Some countries have an official religion. Some force all of their people to practice the same religion. Other countries outlaw all religions alltogether. We are not one of those countries. The 1st ammendment guarantees religious freedom. That means that all people here are free to practice any religion they please, or no religion at all. That means our country does not endorse any one religion for its citizens.

If you keep up with the news & court cases, you probably know that public buildings such as schools or courthouses cannot post religious statues, the 10 commandments, religious decorations, etc. The ones who have tried to do this in government places have been court-ordered to have them removed. People are always free to do that at home or in their places of worship. It is not appropriate for public schoolteachers to lead students in prayers in the classroom or at school activites. They may teach ABOUT different religions in general, depending upon the course, but never by endorsing any particular religion over any other .

If parents want their children to be taught a specific religion, they have the option of sending them to the religious school of their choice, or by teaching them that at home. This is by no means to disrespect your own particular religion, whatever it may be. The job of public schools is to provide an education for ALL of our children, it is not to provide religion.

Answer 4

I can see teaching not to hate muslims after the attackes but this is BS unless its part of Major Religious Studies elective course.

I hope that ACLU shuts this crap down, I don't always like them, but I like having them around.

Answer 5

I am very surprised that the ACLU is not all over this since they are the biggest bunch of lawyer cronies I have ever seen. I really hate that group.

Answer 6

The teachers doing this need to be kicked around the block. I would pull my kids from the school and homeschool them for sure.

Answer 7

anything goes as long as it isnt Christianity...I believe its because most people know damn well its true...and if one man is going down, he doesnt wanna be alone..its like what it says in the bible, besides God, satan knows they bible more than any of us...who would wanna be alone in hell?That's the dems for ya..next they'll be burning all the money and reprinting it with in allah we trust

Answer 8

Schools are into teaching liberal mentality.