Should U.S Public schools allow students to pray?

Answer 1

yes

Answer 2

No, it's a public institution. The first ammendment of the Constitution says Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion. Teacher led prayer would be in violation of that, as she's a representative of the school, a state establishment. It's a conflict of interest. I'm an atheist, but still. I'm the one who noted the "teacher led" prayer in your previous question.

Answer 3

They ARE allowed to pray, in their own way, to whomever they want to pray. They are not forced to pray, however. A teacher cannot initiate prayer.
Students can, however.
At our school, there is a moment of silence each morning. Students may choose to pray or not.

Answer 4

Probably not. Think about it. How soon would there be enough violence or bloodshed over different beliefs all praying at the same public funded "altar" before the courts got involved, criminal charges filed against someone, or school taxes being raised yet again to construct "prayer rooms" for each individual religious belief? And you know it would happen. Keep it at home or your place of worship.

Answer 5

They're not? Considering how religious America is perceived by the rest of the world to be (I'm English, if this helps make any sense), I'm very surprised they're not encouraged.

I would say that yes, they should be ... but they shouldn't follow the old system we used to have here that every student must pray in a certain religion, because that wouldn't be fair.

Answer 6

Students in US public are allowed to pray, and yes, they should be.

Answer 7

They already can.

They can also check the Bible out of the library. And the torah and the quran, dao de jing, bhuddist writings as well.

The US Public Schools (I am an employee) should NOT force the religious dogma of one religion (ie Pledge of Allegiance) down the throats of the people, especially in a public owned space.

Answer 8

Well, if the student wants to do well on a test, they pray and teachers pray trouble making students don't come to class.

I remember seeing a Muslim brother in HS and I'm sure he prayed without a problem (I always saw him in a thobe).

Answer 9

They are allowed to pray, as long as it isn't disruptive. Meaning, they can as long as they do so silently.

The push to unconstitutionally allow teacher-led prayer in public schools has nothing to do with prayer, and everything to do with forcing the beliefs of one group onto all others.

Answer 10

Officially no, no prayer conducted by teachers, etc. On their own if they don't make a big deal out of it, yes. Here's a question for you...should students be allowed to have religiously themed clubs on school property?

I say no...what do you say?

Answer 11

Allow...maybe..as long as not during the school's time or disruptive

should it be mandated...no.


I find this whole prayer in school thing as yet another "we the parents no longer wish to raise our kids" stunt. First parents demand schools teach health so they don't have to, then sex because they don't want to...then fight about it, then there can be no discipline because it could hurt a kid's feelings, you cannot scold..instead drug the kid, now people want the schools to take over a kid's religious upbringing.

Please parents who are doing this get off your fat, lazy @sses and raise your own damn kid. It isn't mine and I should not be paying to have a school wipe your kid's crack.