political question sorta?

Question

why do they noo loger allow religion related things in schools
it defies the freedom of speech and freedom of religion laws

by this I mean the pledge and so forth

Answer 1

Please note that anyone who uses the "separation of church and state" argument is flat out ignorant to the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. The Constitution states basically that the government will not have a religion, a state religion if you will.

The fact we cannot have anything regarding Judeo/Christian religions in schools is because liberal interpretation of the Constitution by liberal judges has wanted it so. And look what has happened since we took prayer and the pledge of allegiance out of schools. The removal of morality and patriotism from our schools has greatly deteriorated the foundation upon which this country was founded.

But liberals are happy and the ACLU has a purpose now.

Answer 2

I'm intrigued by your "no longer" statement. The decision banning "government required prayer in public schools" was issued in 1962. Decisions relating to government required Bible reading were issued a year or two later.

Supreme Court decisions ban only government required prayer in public schools. Government or state sponsored prayer means one written by the state school board as in ENGLE V VITALE, or written a local school board, principal, teacher, etc. The teacher an employee of the school district cannot say "let's say grace before lunch." Students can pray and read the Bible if they want. Sit in the classroom before instruction begins and silently say a prayer--legal. So long as the teacher allows students to undertake other projects if they complete class work, a student can read the Bible. Meditation is permissible. Prayer at graduation and prayer before a athletic event sponsored by the public school is not.

Answer 3

Our Constitution says that the government can't establish a religion or choose one 'official' religion. If a teacher in a public school leads students in prayer, that is a case of the government choosing an official religion, and teaching the kids about religion.

If schools -did- teach religion, it might not YOUR religion.

What would you think if one day you had a substitute teacher, a guy named Mohammed, and he said "Okay, today we're going to kneel on our prayer rugs and face Mecca (it's that way) and touch our foreheads to the floor three times and ask Allah to punish the Christian devils."

I think kids should learn about religion at home, from their parents. That way every religion can teach what it wants.

As for freedom of speech/religion. You are free to pray in school all you want. If you want to bow your head before a test and ask God for help, that's perfectly okay. If you want to say grace before eating in the cafeteria, you can do that, nobody can stop you. Pushing one person's religion on another, that is not freedom of speech or freedom of religion.

Answer 4

1st Amendment: "Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion, or prohibting the free exercise thereof;..."
This clause protects the rights of Americans to freely practice the religion of their choice. It also prohibts the government from establishing a religion. The faculty of public schools are agents and representatives of the state, so the endorsement of religion in their respective capacity would violate the students 1st amendment rights. It is essentially what protects you from being forced into Catholicism because your principle is Catholic.

Answer 5

Look for Supreme Court decisions such as

Illinois ex rel. McCollum v. Board of Education, 333 U.S. 203 (1948)
Engel v. Vitale, 370 U.S. 421 (1962)
Abbington School District v. Schemp 374 U.S. 203 (1963)
Wallace v. Jaffree 474 U.S. 38 (1985).

Those are good places to start.

Answer 6

They don't want to cause tension between once best friends because of difference's in religion. They also don't want to involve kids in discussion about religion. Also what the first person said how some of the people who are running the school systems don't like religion. There also is the separation between church related things and school. They don't want it to mix. Hope this explains things!! Good luck!!

Answer 7

If you're talking about the US it's because not everyone has the same definition of religion. Not everyone in the US is, for instance, Christian. Not everyone prays in the same way to the same God. There are people that have been raised to think of Jesus as the savior and yet others either don't believe in Jesus at all or in a lessor manner. I think that involving religion in a school setting can be very confusing to people that may not believe as others do.

As far as freedom of speech or of religion, you can pray before you go to school and practice your religion in any way you want to. School is just not the correct place to do it. (Unless you are in a religious based school)

There are many people (like myself) that keep spirituality to themselves and would like others to do the same. If I was in a school situation and did not want to say a prayer before school I may be made to feel uncomfortable if the the majority did.

Edit: I see by the thumbs down that I've gotten there are obviously people that don't want to accept that everyone is not like them. That is my biggest complaint about 'religions' no one seems to be able to be tolerant of others. It's funny, isn't that what 'the good book' tells you to do?

Answer 8

You are free as an individual to practice your religion in school on your own time.
Your school is not permitted to indoctrinate students with their religious beliefs.
If you had a school Principal with a different religion would you still want the school to hold prayers and other activities for a religion other than yours?
That is why not.

Answer 9

No it doesn't.Public schools need to be secular in character,that's why.Government needs to be neutral and allowing or encouraging religious manifestation would give a perception of bias.
If religion is that important parents still have the option to sent their child to a private school.
Religion has no place in government so also not in a public school.

Answer 10

They do not allow it because Schools are funded by the Federal government and there is a Separation of Church and State.
In other words the government is not allowed to be influential in Church matters, and churchs are not allowed to be influential in Government matters. As long as the USA has a Department of Education and funds from taxes go to schools, these two rules will apply