Posted: Nov 09, 2018 5:33 pm
zulumoose wrote:It doesn't mean that prayers cannot be allowed in school or that religious ideas cannot be explored.
It does mean that government resources and time should not be used to promote one religion.
Allowing prayer during free time at school is one thing, having official school time, equipment, funds and staff allocated to promoting a religion or officially associating a public institution with one religion is another thing entirely.
You do not have freedom of religion in an environment where one religion is officially promoted. Freedom of religion requires that there be freedom from religion, otherwise it is as empty as supporting segregation by trying to claim "separate but equal" it just doesn't ring true.
In the U.S army, there are chaplains who administer religious services for those who wish it. There should also be chaplains at public schools and prayer rooms for those wishing to practise their religion. Anything else is just secular authoritarianism.