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Well said.
Gould 0738 wrote: No. When you were 7 or 8 years old in the fifties you were able to grasp the rudiments of a simplistic explanation. Apparently, you haven't given the matter much observation or thought since. You may think you live in an "overwhelmingly Christian nation." Even if you do, one of the reasons generations of immigrants came to this country was a freedom to practice the religion of their choice. Forcing kids to recite a "Christian prayer" at the beginning of a school day has no place in a school that exists to serve the interests of all students. Why should devout Jewish families pay taxes to support public schools where their kids will be compelled, (at a minimum through peer pressure), to pray to Jesus, or Virgin Mary, and/or a host of Christian saints? Are Buddhist, Muslim, Wiccan, or Hindu taxpayers less entitled to respect for their beliefs in the education system than Christian taxpayers? Should we give the non-Christian taxpayers a discount, if we ask the kids to recite a Christian prayer at the beginning of a school day? Is it the proper role of the public schools to teach the children of atheists that their parents are "wrong"? Many of our ancestors came to this country because they found being forced to worship God in a manner dictated by the numerical majority in a society, rather than by faith and sincere conscious, unacceptable. It is just as unacceptable in 21st Century America as it was in 18th Century Britain. Did you kid ever come to you and say, "But, Dad, most of the other kids are doing....(insert stupid thing here)..."? Your answer then still applies. "Just because a majority does something, that does not make it right." You want your kids to recite a Christian prayer at the beginning of a school day? There are dozens of schools just like that in most communities- they aren't supported by tax dollars nor should they be. |
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