A question about school prayer

[Comrade Tovya]

WessleWoggle said:

Comrade Tovya said:
I don't really care if students make their own choice to pray...

I'm really big on personal liberties, therefore if an individual or group makes a decision to pray to God, Allah, Jesus, Buddah, or whomever, I think it is their right and no one should infringe upon that right. At the same time, I don't believe that prayer should be sanctioned by the school, because then it alienates those who believe differently.

I also think that if a kid wants to sing 'Amazing Grace' in a school talent show, he or she should be able to do so... just as I believe if a kid wants to sing about their Hindu dieties, they should be able to do so as well. Once you start telling individuals what they can and can't do, it's a downward spiral that knows no end.

 

I hate statements like these, they are devoid of reality. It does know an end, the end is where ever the people in question want it to be, and at current times, the end is stuff of religious or sexual/innapropriate content.

 

 

I'm sorry, but I hardly think that if someone sings a tribute to Buddah in a school talent competition that I would fall over and die.  I could care less if they did that.

However if the school were to sanction a talent show where they required mandatory participation in singing a song about the buddah, then that is crossing the line. 

Just as if someone wears a shirt that says, "Don't hate, celebrate being gay", I really wouldn't care.  They are making a personal expersion of their beliefs... Just as when a kid wears "I Love Jesus" T-shirt, that's his business, and no one should say two words about it.

Now, there are limits once those rights infringe upon someone else's right.

For instance, if a shirt were to read, "Kill Homosexuals" or "Burn in hell unbeliever", that is crossing the line by inciting violence against other individuals.  You don't have the right to incite or promote violence against other people.