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She was out of line to put up a prayer request box in the classroom and posters with bible verses.
The country is full of devote Christian teachers in public schools. They honor their religion through good example not by plastering the walls with their beliefs.
Why not? Most public high schools allow students to form student led special interest clubs, as long as they have a faculty/staff sponsor.
The problem is that it undercuts the argument that those opposing teacher led prayer in public schools are all anti-Christian atheists bent on eliminating religion from society completely. It would be a lot easier to dismiss them as simply anti-Christian if they opposed anything even remotely religious at school.
Its hypocritical to those who believe in Separation of Church & State.
Voluntary school Bible clubs are initiated by students and run by students - there is no 'state' involvement. To not allow them is an infringement of the Equal Access Act.
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Students' rights to initiate and participate in voluntary Bible Clubs or Prayer Groups was unequivocally resolved by the Supreme Court's decision concerning the Equal Access Act, Westside Community Schools v. Mergens. In an 8 to 1 decision, the Mergens Court held that the Equal Access Act which requires public schools to allow student-initiated Bible Clubs or prayer groups equal access to meet on campus, is Constitutional.
Congress enacted the Equal Access Act “to address perceived widespread discrimination against religious speech in public schools.” Id. at 239. Congress stated the purpose of the Act this way: "[Public secondary schools may not discriminate against] any students who wish to conduct a meeting … on the basis of religious, political, philosophical, or other content of the speech at such meetings." 20 U.S.C. § 4071(a) (2006). http://aclj.org/education/student-bi...ool-facilities
She was out of line to put up a prayer request box in the classroom and posters with bible verses.
The country is full of devote Christian teachers in public schools. They honor their religion through good example not by plastering the walls with their beliefs.
Yes, she was. Students can lead and/or encourage prayer or other religious activities during non-instructional time, teachers cannot.
I do agree that she'd probably be happier in a private, Christian school.
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