Sure it does.
If a student brings a bible to class that, supposedly, constitutes a breach in the "wall" of separation.
Conversely, if a school denies a student the right to speak of God that also constitutes a breach of that same "wall" as well as a breach of free speech. The school is open for a law suit here.
There's also the fact that religious persecution in Europe drove many people here to practice their religions as they saw fit. Leaving that fact out of the Thanksgiving discussion is also leaving out basic facts, and that's called malpractice.
I would disagree. If a teacher brought a bible to some class, opened it to his favorite passage and read it to the class, thats breaching the "wall of seperation". The teacher works for the school.
If a first grade student who hails from a devout christian/jewish family is called on in class to say what he is thankful for and he says "I want to thank God" in his reply, is that a breach?
Try this example. A 7th grade (13 year old) student brings a bible to school in his bookbag. During his English class, the bible falls out of the bookbag. The kid sitting next to him has been raised as an atheist. A)Does the atheist have a lawsuit because he was exposed to a bible on school property?
B) If he does sue, does the devout kid have a countersuit on grounds that the government is preventing his practicing of religon?
Common sense says no to A. If yes to A then yes to B. Reality says yes to A and even if yes to A then no to B.
That is just not what reality is though. Its sad, but it is true.