Why do you believe some do not want religion in schools?

Answer 1

Separation of Church and State... to avoid theocracies like those in the Middle East and Spain during the Inquisition.

Besides, exactly which religion(s) are ya gonna choose?

Answer 2

Well I can tell you why I don't. If we allow religious training, prayers, observances of religious holidays and so on, which religion shall we follow? We can't actually follow just one (since there shall be no laws abridging religious freedoms including by exclusion where others are promoted) and while that Asatru kid might be brilliant when it comes to organizing a sumbul, there's the Wiccan's Isis ritual the next day, and dang it next weekend is Easter and...

You see my point. In an excellently-run world, one of mutual respect and comfort with many differing viewpoints, maybe an hour could be set aside each morning for daily worship/teaching, and then everyone would get on with math and reading. In a public school system already struggling to keep order and get kids able to pass the mandated testing, there simply isn't time and energy -- to say nothing of a curriculum or desire -- to provide a broad-based religious education as well.

Answer 3

Actually most don't want religion in school. Religion should not be in school because not everyone believes in the same thing and it is not fact like the rest of the knowledge you learn in school. It takes away from what is really going to get you beyond school.

Answer 4

If we were to allowed to teach religion in school, other than in a comparative or historical sense--as in, teach theology in public school, which one would we choose? Would you have a problem with teaching your children Sikhism, Hinduism or Wicca? If you say, we'll teach Chrisitanity of course, then what particular branch--is Catholic theology ok? It is Chrisitanity after all. Or maybe you just want Protestanism. Well, what kind? Baptist, Lutheran, Episcopalian? Do you see why religious training should be left to the family and not the state?

Answer 5

What? I don't understand. Sounds like a double negative. O.k. Let's see...why are some people opposed to teaching religion in schools? Well,nobody is or we couldn't even have seminaries. Unless you're talking about PUBLIC schools in which case it is essentially illegal under separation of church and state. Most heated opposition is from God-knockers and Jews. I'm religious but I don't think it should be taught in public schools - unless in the context of a grade-school version of a Comparative Religion course,where you just study the history & teachings of different religions. No harm in that.
Private religious schools can teach it all they want,whether Christian or Buddhist or whatever.

Answer 6

Because it does not belong there. Usually "religion in schools" means xtian only and no others, so if it can't be equal and fair then it needs to stay out. I also do not agree with the fascist practice of pledging the flag. That does not belong in schools either.

Answer 7

Because we need to maintain separation of church and state. On a basic level not all school kids are of the same religion so it would be unfair to believers of another if just a certain one was used.

Answer 8

Which one, out of the many people practice in the US? Kids go to school to get an EDUCATION to grow up and cope with the REALITIES of "this" life, not what MIGHT be after they are dead. Until RELIGIONS quit finding excuses for not paying TAXES, they have NO right, or VOICE in what the rest of us as tax payers are made to support, one of those being educating children...........

Answer 9

Whose religion do you want? You let one in, you must allow them all.
School is a place for learning English, History, Science, Math, ect. Not for proslyetizing. If Parents want religion taught to their children, they can pay money to send them to a private school. Or they could even teach them by themselves.

Answer 10

The Constitution gaurantees me the right to practice my religion freely. It never says "except in school". We do, too, have the right to pray in school.
I am also gauranteed the right to freedom of speech. Nowhere does it say "unless you want to talk about your religion". We do, too, have the right to thank our God, even in school, even out loud, even in front of other students.
The problem is, we have been too damn lazy to stand up for our Constitutional rights and so, bit by bit, we have let them be taken from us.
That has to stop, or our kids will find themselves hiding in the basement to worship.

Btw, there is no "separation of church and state" in the US Constitution.
The Preamble, however, DOES say that I am endowed by MY CREATOR with inalienable rights.
Gee, I wonder who that Creator might be??