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To: teacher12
The current consensus is that as long as it is student-led and does not cut into any "instructional time" then it is a green light.

I have mixed feelings. As a Christian, I am all for it and wish that it would not be outlawed and nullified by the supreme court. On the other hand, however, should another religion become more prominent than Christianity (say, like Islam in the EU), I would not want to have to be subject to their kowtow-ing and jihadist rantings. I know, it is slightly biased, but as long as Christianity remains dominant, then okay. But as soon as another religion becomes more prevalent and tries to impose its beliefs on me, then I draw the line.

I suppose, then, a viable solution might be to have set times for each individual to devote to their own personal faith or to general meditation if they do not subscribe to a religion. Then EVERYONE gets what they want.

14 posted on 05/13/2008 4:46:03 PM PDT by BloodOrFreedom
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To: BloodOrFreedom
I suppose, then, a viable solution might be to have set times for each individual to devote to their own personal faith or to general meditation if they do not subscribe to a religion.

That would seem to me to be a waste of valuable time. There's too much non-academic subject matter in public schools as it is, and time spent in prayer/meditation/zoning out is time that could be better spent learning.

17 posted on 05/13/2008 4:51:07 PM PDT by rosenfan
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To: BloodOrFreedom

If Islam becomes the dominant religion here, you will be impacted as the Islamic calls to prayer will sound 5 times a day every day and the muslims around you will pull out their prayer rugs in the middle of the day (where scheduled breaks will occur).


23 posted on 05/13/2008 5:00:56 PM PDT by weegee (Osama Obama claims to have visited 57 states now. Can you say Potatoe Head?)
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