I don’t see how or why we are still debating this issue here in 2010 but I suppose there will always be people who feel that their job is to push their beliefs on others. I can understand wanting to have your child be in an environment which is based off and teaches a certain religion, but public school is not that place. My father was raised Catholic and his parents sent him to Catholic school. That’s what you do if you want religion in all parts of your child’s life. And I can understand if your family simply doesn’t have the money to send their child to a school that is of their religious practice but there are religious based home school courses. And as for things like the Pledge that have the association of God in it is something people shouldn’t HAVE to do. I don’t think they should take it out of schools but as long as the association of religion in it I don’t think that it should be forced.
If there is going to be any religion in schools it should be the teaching of Religions of the world, and what each religion practices so that the ignorance of religion of other countries can be sorted out.
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I agree with you. Religion should not be taught in public schools. It should be taught at home or at a private school. It should not be mandatory to say the Pledge of Allegiance or anything else that has the word "God" embedded in it. I respect peoples religious beliefs but we should not have to be forced to learn/hear about them.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with your statement. I believe there should definitely be a seperation between school and church. A child should not be pressured with religion on top of academics. It should be enovoked at home, I also totally agree with the commentary on if you want your child to go to a religious school than you enroll them in one. But again I do not agree with religion in public school. I do agree teaching about it as I learned it minimally in my History class growing up. But nowadays it seems like they are taking more and more out of our textbooks because its not important enough. If I had a child id want them to be well informed of other cultures and religions. And I have to agree with the pledge of alligence keep the "under god" part, its American and if people dont like it they dont have to say it. I think it should remain in schools and not rebuttel should be placed on it. But overall I totally agree with you :)
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with the fact that the debate about religion in schools should be put to rest. If you ask me, schools should stay away from religion in their academic day. Public schools are government facilities and there is suppose to be a separation of church and state. On a website that informs on the ways school-organized prayer violates the constitution, it proves a valid point that "the public school system is created for all students and supported by all taxpayers. It should therefore remain neutral on religious issues over which students and taxpayers will differ". On top of that, I'm pretty sure the average middle class American sends their child to public school to obtain an education to provide a better future, not build a religious background. I think there is a time and place for everything and religious activities should be saved for home, Sunday school or youth group. There has also been debate on the Pledge of Allegiance and the fact that it uses "God." As for that I agree that schools should still have that. If you look at it, the word "God" can be more or less universal and it just seems like a respectable tradition. However, if a child wishes not to recite the Pledge, I think there shouldn't be any disciplinary action as long as the student respects his/her fellow classmates. I remember back in middle school if we didn't recite the Pledge the teacher would yell at us and call us disrespectful and I don't think that's right at all. We are suppose to be a democracy and mandatory recital seems to be touching on some fascist ways. All in all, its time we drop the whole controversy of religion in schools because our constitution clearly states that church and state are to be separate.
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