Allowing religious expression is not *teaching* religion.
All your arguments fall flat in light of the religious activity that was part of the public school system in whatever form it existed in, for the centuries from the founding of this country until the recent past.
Prayer and Bible reading were part of the school day until the ACLU and its cohorts pushed it out. Show me what damage all that religious activity in schools did up until that point.
It's just an excuse to remove religion, particularly Christianity, from public and eventually, private life.
Maybe we're not on the same page here- whose religious expression are we talking about, and in what context. Teacher or student? Inside of class or outside?
All your arguments fall flat in light of the religious activity that was part of the public school system in whatever form it existed in, for the centuries from the founding of this country until the recent past.
I have a tough time squaring the use of taxpayer money for religious activity in schools with the 1st Amendment. How do you propose allowing an even playing field for all faiths in the schools?
Prayer and Bible reading were part of the school day until the ACLU and its cohorts pushed it out. Show me what damage all that religious activity in schools did up until that point.
For Agnostics, Atheists, Hundus, Wiccans, Muslims, Zoroastrians and various other faiths, being forced to pray and read the religious book of a different faith is a violation of their 1st Amendment rights, especially when done with taxpayer money. We didn't really consider that issue a couple of generations ago, but we do now.