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As it continues to be a hot-button issue for lawmakers, here are the cases for and against allowing prayer in public schools:
FOR
Students vocabulary expanded to include tresspasses, apostolic, prodigal, fiery wrath
Genuflecting satisfies daily physical activity requirement
Hypocritical for schools to ban prayer while promoting secular magic such as chemistry and earth science
Might stave off Gods righteous annihilation of America a little longer
Gives teachers one goddamn minute of peace and quiet
AGAINST
Mandated prayer creates hostile environment for the hellbound
Time spent mindlessly regurgitating invocations could be spent mindlessly regurgitating standardized test material
Irresponsible to trust untrained children with the immense, fearsome power of prayer
Underfunded schools lack resources to provide every student with own rattlesnake to handle
Would require some real constitutional gymnastics to exclude non-Christian prayers
http://www.theonion.com/article/case-and-against-prayer-public-schools-52405
Did you expect The Onion here?
longship
(40,416 posts)Perfect Onion satire. Absolutely perfect, albeit highly venomous.
Jerry442
(1,265 posts)...you end up with those imported Pagan ones that'll bite the God-fearing anyway.
longship
(40,416 posts)It's what they do.
COLGATE4
(14,732 posts)yortsed snacilbuper
(7,939 posts)they said prayers over the loud speaker, Pennsylvania not Alabamba!
jwirr
(39,215 posts)McCarthy the day he died. I do not know what her intentions were but I can tell you this: my parents were furious. They said she should have led a prayer of thanksgiving for his death.
Not to mention our religion does not pray for the dead.
Gabi Hayes
(28,795 posts)Zing Zing Zingbah
(6,496 posts)mgmaggiemg
(869 posts)phylny
(8,380 posts)We had a mix of Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish families. We never prayed in school. So I grew up with the knowledge that there was no organized prayer in school. However, here in Virginia, I wonder if there WAS prayer in school in the 60's/70's or before. Anyone know?
jmowreader
(50,559 posts)Schools will not "provide every student with their own rattlesnake." Don't be silly.
They'll put it on the School Supplies List the kids get at the beginning of the season: "Please bring to school all these things by tomorrow: 300-sheet pack of filler paper, box of pencils, 24-count box of crayons, venomous snake at least three feet long but NO COBRAS..."