Not exact matches
Without intending any any disrespect to your contention, I wonder how the use
of a school building by a religious group at a
time or day when students and
teachers are not using it is likely to result in a situation in which the «religious group becomes identified with the school, which appears to be promoting that brand
of religion».
In the Jewish society
of his
time Jesus found his place, to begin with, as a
teacher of religion and morals.
Although the accurate statistics are not yet available, it has been estimated by some that two to three hundred
teachers, full -
time or part -
time, are engaged in teaching the history
of religions in America, and nearly a hundred more may be added if we include Canada.
Given the priority that
teachers tend to give to
religion, we might reasonably expect to find them more disapproving
of the ruling than other Americans.At the same
time, however,
teachers have a relatively high level
of education, and the more education Americans have, the more they tend to approve
of the Supreme Court's ban on school prayer.
Teachers can ask students to share
times they've felt excluded or vulnerable — whether it was because
of their sex, gender expression,
religion, or sexual orientation, or because they were in a less popular social group.
Why can't we just take the
religion out
of state schools completely (unless they are voluntary aided or fee - paying) and let schools do their «worship lessons» in Core R.E. Should not assemblies be a fun gathering
time for school instructions, imparting information between pupil /
teacher / parent, and a short celebration
of individual and school success?
The Sikhs due to cultural influences in India may not follow the teachings
of their
religion, but the Sikh Gurus were much ahead
of the
times and called women, the conscious
of the man and his first
teacher.»