Sentences with phrase «pray in public schools»

Or, most recently, you might have heard the rumor from Bryan Fischer, from Mike Hucakbee or a friend on Facebook, saying that God abandoned the children at Sandy Hook because, though children have every right to pray in public schools, those schools can not sponsor prayer events out of deference to religious freedom.

Passionate about making sure people can pray in public schools...

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We have christians fighting to make public school give them time to pray and have church clubs, but when jews or muslims do it in a public place it requires a call to the FBI and they claim the jews are being insensitive?

Sometimes these are people who could not pray in public and were not comfortable teaching Sunday school.

Especially, if belief in Santa was affecting their behavior — like demanding that my kids pray to Santa in the public schools, and that certain people's rights must be curtailed because of their belief in Santa.

Silliness would end if churches were not allowed to exist anymore, or people had to pray before the start of everyday in a public school or business.

@MoneyTrail, Are kids in public schools in Texas forced, encouraged, or coerced into praying to a Christian God?

If folks like you believe that u have the right to pray wherever the heck you want to in public and ask for schools to observe holidays at your convenience, then the rest of us have the right to question this nonsense.

I'll bet he prays that the US will become a theocracy, execute or oust all unbelievers, murder every gay person, force all women to give up contraceptives and become chattel, and insti t ute the teaching of creationism and intelligent design along with forced prayer in the public schools.

It had been customary to pray or to read the Bible in public schools in many states throughout the Union from the founding days of the nation.

Unless it comes down to trying to force kids in public school to pray today I don't think it's that big of a deal.

This country certainly does not cater to religious beliefs, given that you can't even say the word «pray» in a public school anymore, and we have a president who is pushing for everyone to pay for contraceptives.

Being prohibited from persecuting others (by forcing Jewish kids to pray Christian prayers in a public school, for example) is not persecution.

But this is a far cry indeed from the public controversies that our current epidemic of so - called realist atheism has given rise to, such as whether it is permissible to pray or celebrate Christmas in schools and other public institutions, or to grant government support of one kind or another to private religious education.

@chad, you have some valid points, until late 20th century Christians were able to pray in schools, have the Ten Commandments displayed and mention God in the public arena.

Josh wrote: «until late 20th century Christians were able to pray in schools, have the Ten Commandments displayed and mention God in the public arena»

There's also another scene in the film where Cynthia Dunbar is OPENLY PRAYING to the Lord that he should invade every aspect of our lives, INCLUDING OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

President Clinton last week expressed qualified support for voluntary prayer in public schools, and said he is willing to discuss with House Republicans their intention to offer an amendment to the U.S. Constitution assuring students the right to pray.

We also pray for our schools and the children to enjoy the safety provided in our public school spaces and the protection from the evils that may lurk in someone's mind wishing them harm.

I pray that my children will «Shine Your light and let the whole world see» — especially in public school.