2007-11-24 09:42:11 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
outlawed isn't the best term.... when did the school as a whole quit praying?
2007-11-24 09:52:03 · update #1
Some teachers/administrators honestly don't realize that student-initiated prayer is allowed. My husband is taking education classes, and one professor insisted that any teacher who sees a student praying at school for any reason, whether alone or in a group, was obligated to stop it. My hubby printed out the summaries of Supreme Court cases defining the differences in teacher-led prayer and student-led prayer. To the prof's credit, she acknowledged she had misunderstood the law. But how many new teachers had she sent out to schools with that same misinformation? I suspect misunderstanding is the cause of a lot of the lawsuits and arguments over prayer in school.
2007-11-24 09:53:46 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was outlawed by the First Amendment.
It just took a while to get it done.....
Prayer belongs in your mind, your home and your church...not in the public arena.
2007-11-24 09:48:14 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
It isn't outlawed. What was "outlawed" was teachers forcing student prayers.
BTW, several states, including Indiana, have a required 30 seconds of silence every morning.
2007-11-24 09:46:35 · answer #3 · answered by atheist 6 · 7⤊ 0⤋
Group prayer has not been outlawed. teacher- or administrator-led prayer has been found to be unconstitutional. Students are free to practice whatever religion they choose - and should be.
2007-11-24 09:46:18 · answer #4 · answered by Katie Short, Atheati Princess 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
In the 60's.
2007-11-24 09:51:05 · answer #5 · answered by Jeancommunicates 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It never was, you can still pray with your friends so long as it does not disrupt your teacher. My friends and I used to pray every morning in a group before school started.
2007-11-24 09:46:18 · answer #6 · answered by Ryan H 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
In 1789
2007-11-24 09:45:15 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
In Texas you can pray during the 30-seconds of silence we have every morning after the Texas Pledge.
Alternatively, they added, "Under God," to the Texas Pledge (Quite unnecessarily, really), making me hate my home state even more (Aside from the horrendous weather).
2007-11-24 09:49:41 · answer #8 · answered by ryoma136 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
both my parents told me that when they were younger they would have prayer after the pledge of allegiance. that was in the 60's.
p.s. they went to public schools.
when i was in high school (98-02) we had prayer around the flag pole. but that had to stop my jr. year.
2007-11-24 09:46:33 · answer #9 · answered by Ms. Lady 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Never.
2007-11-24 09:50:37 · answer #10 · answered by Sun: supporting gay rights 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋