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I don't think many would agree with forced prayer. We just want to be allowed to pray. Like the pledge, those who want to join in can, the rest can have enough decorum to remain silent for 1 minute.

I have every respect for your devotion to your God. You should certainly be allowed to pray. You should even have the opportunity to have your children taught whatever religious instruction you desire, right in school. You should not be subjected to ideas (abortion, homosexual normalization, evolution, etc.) that you don't want.

That's what makes public schools immoral on their very face. They are funded by force, and they subject parents to unwanted ideas.

Eliminate public schools altogether, give parents back the money that is siezed from them by force to pay for it, and let the parents purchase the education they want for their children on the free market.

Socialism is the root of MOST of the problems in this country.

That's what makes public schools immoral on their very face. They are funded by force, and they subject parents to unwanted ideas. Eliminate public schools altogether, give parents back the money that is siezed from them by force to pay for it, and let the parents purchase the education they want for their children on the free market.

OWK, you're my new best friend here!

You have it exactly right. In a system of private schools, parents can freely choose schools that pray or don't pray (to whatever god they prefer), promote or don't promote abortion, teach or don't teach evolution, require or don't require school uniforms, implement or don't implement zero-tolerance policies that expel children for pointing chicken fingers, do thorough background checks on teachers and staff or not, maintain open communications with parents or not, teach animal rights and tree-hugging or not, teach gun safety or not ..... and on and on and on.

Virtually all the controversies engendered by our government school system would be totally eliminated if we embraced a system of private schools where parents were actually customers.

I agree with that staement completly. While you are at it get rid of government welfare, give ack the money, and let individuals decide what they wish to contribute to charoty. Let the private charity take care of the problem. They will do a much better job.