Sentences with phrase «religion taught in public schools»

The fundamentalist charge that secular humanism is a religion taught in the public schools is, of course, omnibus.

Personally, I'm not sure I want actual religion taught in public schools.

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And only about one in three know that a public school teacher is allowed to teach a comparative religion class - although nine out of 10 know that teacher isn't allowed by the Supreme Court to lead a class in prayer.

The religious are always looking to put religion front and center in public life: displays and signs on public property, laws based upon their religious beliefs, their beliefs taught as science in schools, bells on Sunday, etc..

And when has religion or theology been taught in the public schools?

What, then, of teaching religion in public schools?

With that said, religion has no place in public schools unless its being taught in the same way they teach Greek Mythology.

There can be neutral teaching about religion, which is proper in American public schools, although it approaches a spectator sport.

Perhaps your claim is true, but like the big bang and the notion that evolution is a means to species, there is no place in our public schools for teaching religion as science.

Since the Constitution guarantees freedom in the practice of religion, no citizen can expect the public schools to teach religious values.

If Santa Clausism became the dominant «religion» of the country, tried to influence the government, inst / itute laws and public policies and demand that it be taught in public education - start every school day with a reading from «Twas the Night Before Christmas» and have «Ho Ho Ho» on your money - I'm just betting that you would have something to say about it on an internet forum and elsewhere!

Major premise: Creationism is religion rather than science; therefore, according to the principle of separation of church and state, creationism may not be taught in public schools.

again lmgts, teaching about religions is certainly allowed in public schools.

Public schools are precisely where religion should not be taught, unless in a comparative religions class.

Even today the teaching of religion in public schools is prohibited, although religious observance in the USA is far higher than in Europe.

My opinion is if a school is being funded by the government, religion of Any type should not be taught b / c in public schools there are many different types of people who attend.

Crucifixes are all over Italy in public places and it will be hard for that person not to notice a crucifix in any public place INCLUDING the public schools there... so I don't know why this person would suddenly sue the government for having a crucifix at a walking or sitting at a PUBLIC school which does not teach religion any more than a walking at a PUBLIC pedestrian where you would probably find more crucifixes as you wapublic places and it will be hard for that person not to notice a crucifix in any public place INCLUDING the public schools there... so I don't know why this person would suddenly sue the government for having a crucifix at a walking or sitting at a PUBLIC school which does not teach religion any more than a walking at a PUBLIC pedestrian where you would probably find more crucifixes as you wapublic place INCLUDING the public schools there... so I don't know why this person would suddenly sue the government for having a crucifix at a walking or sitting at a PUBLIC school which does not teach religion any more than a walking at a PUBLIC pedestrian where you would probably find more crucifixes as you wapublic schools there... so I don't know why this person would suddenly sue the government for having a crucifix at a walking or sitting at a PUBLIC school which does not teach religion any more than a walking at a PUBLIC pedestrian where you would probably find more crucifixes as you waPUBLIC school which does not teach religion any more than a walking at a PUBLIC pedestrian where you would probably find more crucifixes as you waPUBLIC pedestrian where you would probably find more crucifixes as you walk by.

Only science, not religion, should be used by our political leaders and taught in our public schools in this country.

There need not be an either / or situation, with education divided between Christian schools that teach religion and public schools that exclude it — all in the name of the separation of church and state.

There's a reason Intelligent Design can't be legally taught in any public school in the USA or here in Canada for that matter, it is to hold up our freedom's of and from religion.

As an offshoot of religion, its teaching in public schools is unconstitutional.

Wertheimer's recent book, Faith Ed: Teaching about Religion in an Age of Intolerance, explores the challenges faced by public schools when incorporating lessons about world religions into their classrooms, looking at specific examples in several areas...

The following statements distinguish between teaching about religion in public schools and religious indoctrination:

Will barriers be removed to direct funding of private schools and teaching religion in public schools?

Yes, you can teach religion in public schools and, yes, it is legal when using an academic rather than a devotional approach, among other guidelines that can pass muster under the U.S. Constitution.

While public schools can teach students about religion in a civic or historical context, it's against the law for public school educators to teach the tenets of any one religion.

With a Bachelor's in religion and a Master's in teaching, both from Whitworth University, your RAD instructor, Michael McKibbin, has served as youth pastor, private Christian school teacher, and public school educator.