So I have this shirt that says "Jesus saves, bro" and I wore it to school and I ended up getting suspended. So my youth group organized something where we all read bibles in class so they couldn't touch us. I don't find that this is any different
If you don't worship God there's no problem you just need to make it known that you shouldn't be apart of that prayer
Even more citation, this time refering to how our constitution is directly influenced by god and was written by God fearing men http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1298911/posts
Regardless of how it was misinterpreted, what matters the most is that we have the right to freedom of religion. That's all that matters, in my opinion. You can say that I am glad it was misinterpreted.
That would be quite impossible. In court, what do you swear on. The bible right? When I took my oath to defend and protect this country against all threats, foreign and domestic who did I swear by? God. When a member is sworn into congress, or even when our president is elected, who do they swear by? God right? Our nation was founded upon God, and religion, and to secularize our nation from the very basis of what it was founded on would kind of unravel our entire constitution. Like I said, I personally am not religious, but I know for a fact that I live in a country that was founded upon, governed by, and built around a very specific deity. And to change that would mean to change our entire way of government.
Religion is really a touchy subject around private schools. Every district has it's own rules, but most let their school have some sort of prayer club as long as students are not forced to participate, it doesn't offend anyone, and it's not led by a teacher or other staff.
Yes we are very lucky to have freedom of religion in this country. But that does not mean we should completely disregard our roots. Hell even the pledge of allegiance mentions god. The fact that these things even make it to a judicial level comes Down to 2 things. Money and publicity. A group praying before a game in no way negatively impacts you if you do not believe in god. It is perfectly doable to just not participate. I ask anyone who believes that this was an offense worth taking to court what basis they have on suing the school for this, and what they have to gain from doing so besides money and publicity.
I've served abroad in many countries with many different religions and in every single one we respected that countries religion. In the middle east I observed Ramadan for example. Did wearing long sleeves and pants for a whole month in the 120 degree desert inconvenience me? Hell yeah it did. Does that make me less of a person if I was part of a different religion? No. If I was asked to pray with a group to Allah did i? Hell no. But I certainly s*** the hell up while they did and didn't bother them for doing it. And I sure as hell didn't sue them for it later. And here I am, 3 years later, unaffected by any of that in any way.
Who cares. Let people do what they want. A law suit like this is just dumb. If you take offense to something of religion you might want to check yourself. Know yourself and your doings, not those of others.
If it's a private school, then what's the issue? They're not funded by the government, so they could really care less. If this is a public school, it'd be a little different. I don't understand why this should have an impact of any sort; as Cthulu said, America was built upon Christianity and the sort, so now here we are today arguing about how praying is now offensive to some? If you're not wanting to pray, then don't pray. Simple as that. You shouldn't be forced to do something that you don't want to do in the first place.
