I am a student at heritage high school and was witness to the events that took place when the students were suspended for praying during school hours. I have read the reports made out, and in all of them, it is made to sound like they were blocking a hallway, when in fact they were not. They were in an area of high traffic but not in the middle of it. They were off to the side. I believe that it was wrong to punish them for what they were trying to accomplish. I just want to know others reactions to this event. If you want to read about the story you can find it at this site: http://www.columbian.com/news/localNews/03022007news110888.cfm
Tell me what you think =]
2007-03-22 05:30:19 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It certainly isn't an issue of prayer. It's more an issue of disregarding what the administration told them to do. If the faculty tells you to stop meeting, you stop meeting, even if you think the order is unwarranted. You meet with officials and work the issue out, you don't just completely ignore what they told you to do. A school just can't let students operate that way. You really do have to listen to the administrators.
I'd have to have seen the actual assembly to really determine whether I feel the faculty's order was warranted or not. Based on the little info here, the order was borderline acceptable, but possibly was unnecessary. However, telling the students to stop or be suspended, rather than outright suspending them would have been a better tactic.
2007-03-22 05:50:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
i feel that they have the right to do what they want OUTSIDE of school hours but the supreme court has already upheld the separation of church and state from public schools. it's unconstitutional to have prayer in public schools. i just read the article and have to back the administration on this one. prayer would offend atheists going to the school just like a Darwin rally would be offensive to religious students. both don't belong in PUBLIC schools. if it were a private school then we wouldn't even have this discussion because it's privately funded but public schools get federal funds and that falls under constitutional guidelines. simple as that.
2007-03-22 12:45:45 · answer #2 · answered by WreckinShop 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It sounds like they were being trouble makers, they were offered their own classroom to do it in, yet they refused and were being a disruption.
2007-03-22 12:36:48 · answer #3 · answered by poseidenneptune 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋