Bridget--prayers to who? to which flavor/version of god? Jesus or jehovah or buddha? or one of the hindu gods?jo anticipated your argument, in her post above:
"Yes, I know the argument about not
having an established church, some schools here
break and everyone heads off in different directions to
pray to the divine being (if, any) of their choice, it
really isn't seen as a big issue
i'm not suggesting that all students be forced to pray to a particular god; merely that those that wish to do so are afforded that opportunity, even if their parents do not have the means to send them to private schools. as for the argument that muslims, jews and other children would be ostracized for praying in a different manner, i would submit that religious intolerance is a learned trait, not an inborn one, and that the implementation of school prayer would go further toward encouraging attitudes of religious tolerance than the absence of same.
