Election 2008: New Hampshire Primary | January 06, 2008 | Comment on this video (3)

An agnostic almost to antheism

justjeffrey
But I do respect the right of other people to believe other than I do. The problem I have with setting aside time for prayer in school is that I believe it infringes on my right not to believe.
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  • CharrsKliathe
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      CharrsKliathe  

    • I can't really think of anything to say that hasn't already been said.
      I am a practicing Christian and I agree entirely that religion has no place in schools or in governments, etc. As you said, a time set aside in school specifically for prayer treads on the freedoms of non-believing students. Yes, they can sit there in silence, but it's unfair to those students. I wouldn't expect to go to church and have my prayer time interrupted to be told unrelated information on Cortez's excursions in Mexico. Just as one shouldn't expect to go to school and have their learning time interrupted to be pressured toward something they don't necessarily believe in, especially if at an impressionable age.

    • 3 years ago
  • youngster227
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      youngster227  

    • bravo bravo! - im with both of you on that 100%
      the most important objective of setting up public education is to make it as equally open to everybody in terms of race, economic class or in this case religion. whether you believe in whatever religion or none or whatever, suggesting and/or implying prayer in a classroom will detract from the education of some students.

    • 3 years ago
  • Katamaripi
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      Katamaripi  

    • Here here! That is precisely how I feel about the issue. I live in an area where nearly everyone is strongly Christian, though I am not. Very often in our public school there are religious references, and though I respect and am glad to see their faith, it bothers me to no end to see religion where it has no place. It does create a sort of pressure, this implication that you should be Christian too, and though I come from a Christian family, I find it somewhat offensive that I should have to feel this personal pressure in a federal setting. it makes me want to quote the Constitutional amendment that discusses the separation of church and state! I believe that public schools need to be reminded of that separation, particularly in the rural south.

    • 4 years ago
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