A Republican state senator wants Indiana's public school students to begin each day by reciting the Lord's Prayer.
Dennis Kruse, chair of the state Senate's education committee, has introduced Senate Bill 23, which would allow Indiana's school districts to require recitation of the prayer, "In order that each student recognize the importance of spiritual development in establishing character and becoming a good citizen."
The proposal does offer exemptions, including a provision allowing students and parents to opt out of a school's mandatory prayer. Still, experts and the Indiana Senate legal committee believe the bill to be unconstitutional, the Indianapolis Star reports.
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I agree that it should be in ALL schools 100%... Instead of us believing religion shouldn't be in government, we should look at it that government shouldn't interfere with Religion :) Maybe our communities will become a better place if more Children are brought up in the Christian lifestyle. :) God Bless Everyone!
i agree with 10:23 - government SHOULDN'T interfere with religion. but public places shouldn't be allowed to force religion on people either.
Which Lords Prayer? The one the government political correctness approves?
I'm a conservative, a devout Christian, and I live in Indiana.
I cannot agree with mandating any prayer in the schools.
ALLOWING it (i.e. a 'moment of reflection') in the morning would be great, but REQUIRING it is contrary to Constitutional dictates.
I will be on the phone if this advances.
I'm 60 and we said 2 things before each day began in elementary school. The Pledge to the flag and the Lord's prayer.
If anyone in the class was offended, I never heard about it.
11:37 AM
How would you remember?
11:37,
When you did that, did it count for the segregated students, too? Everyone seems to think life was great BECAUSE people said the Lord's Prayer in school. So there was no racism then, no sexism either. Vietnam didn't happen (because saying the Lord's Prayer meant people were perfect). Jewish kids felt free to avoid saying the prayer (oh, wait--there were no Jewish, Muslim, Hindu or atheist kids then--sorry). There was no domestic violence, all kids had enough to eat, nobody became an alcoholic. Pretty much there were no problems, all because you said a prayer in school. Either that, or the simplistic notion that forcing kids to say a prayer they may or may not believe in might need to be rethought.
You want your kid to say the Lord's Prayer each day? Great! Do it before they get to school, or they can say it to themselves all day long to their heart's content.
"In order that each student recognize the importance of spiritual development in establishing character and becoming a good citizen."
That's not the school's responsibility. It's the PARENTS' responsibility to teach their children that.
The entire problem revolves around expecting the schools to raise our children. They're there to educate them. It's the parents job to teach them right from wrong and how to be moral, upright citizens.
More parents need to spend much more time with their children instead of handing them off to schools or grandparents or daycare centers so they can go out and do whatever.. like try to 'make a good living' for the kids (that they never spend any time with), so they can have 'nice things' (instead of getting quality time with their parents)
We've got some really lousy priorities in this country-- that's why it's such a mess, and why it's slipping into tyranny.
I'm with you, 11:31. I would also add that anyone who wants to pray may do so anywhere and at any time, in the quiet of his/her mind and heart. Prayer isn't "better" because it's public, and people who are coerced into mouthing words they don't believe aren't praying.
Thats awesome! Which religion??????
Love this!
Republicans spend all their time on this stuff so we don't notice they are not working on anything to do with actual governance.
To answer you, 2:15: I'm Catholic, but this isn't a Catholic concept. Anyone who believes in an all-present God may communicate with Him at any time.
Even better, students can say the Lord's Prayer with mom and dad at home before they leave for school.
This is something that Jesus strongly suggested should be done in private. The irony!
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