How many more...

[JoeP]

The issue isn't and should never be forcing kids in public schools to pray, the issue is banning some kids' ability to pray if they want. That is crazy. It should be and is voluntary so why should it be banned altogether. What's next, banning the Pledge of Allegiance because some kids are offended by our Nation (although some moonbats are trying)...

And, as said above, it was not the "Bush Plan" - it was Bush's and the Congress' plan. However I am not happy with it but it was obviously an extreme situation...

That one-time emergency bailout is a far cry from Obama's wideranging socialistic approach to running our democracy. He is Marxist.

Originally Posted by Nebe

so what is the boy in the class that is muslim supposed to do when the whole class is supposed to prey??

Bush's wallstreet bailout plan was as socialized as they come, so it seems that the republicans were the first to buy it.

[Joe]

Pray for people who are sick and can't buy healthcare with pre-existing conditions and are losing everything they've worked for.
We should all pray, because we're all just a layoff and a sick kid or wife from being one of them.

[slapshot]

Originally Posted by Nebe

so what is the boy in the class that is muslim supposed to do when the whole class is supposed to prey??

Prey? Prey on who? The muslim boy? democrats can't even spell pray, or is this supposed to be a joke?

[Nebe]

That my friend is what you call a play on words. Something a republican may have trouble finding humor in

[RIROCKHOUND]

Originally Posted by JoeP

The issue isn't and should never be forcing kids in public schools to pray, the issue is banning some kids' ability to pray if they want.

Joe;

You and I can agree here.
However, it should be the kid praying alone on his time, not in a mandated moment of silence or something where the 'non-believers' have to stand there awkwardly.... If the allow that, would they allow a Muslim child to kneel and pray to mecca? or a member of the church of Satan (They just had a reverend from there on HJY, so it is fresh in my head) a chance to pray as well?

A kid who wants to say Grace to himself or with his friends at lunch? I could care less and the school shouldn't. But A school should also not mandate a 'prayer time' otherwise, send em to catholic school (You have boys, nothing to worry about sending them to school in that uniform )

[JH Beers]

Muslims, if devout, are asked to pray 5 times a day and the process takes 5-10 minutes each time.

Before school, during lunch break, mid-afternoon, evening, night.

So, if requested, let the kid take 5 minutes mid-afternoon for the sake of satisfying his religious beliefs. I see no problem with Muslim prayer being allowed in schools any more than any other sort of prayer, and, personally? I'm agnostic/secular if not atheistic.

[RIROCKHOUND]

Originally Posted by JH Beers

I'm agnostic/secular if not atheistic.

As am I JHB.
The problem is schools are not logical.
they tend to be reactionary...

[RIJIMMY]

Most of my praying in school was that I would pass a test I didnt study for or that I'd get lucky after school with my girlfriend, or that I could bum a ride to the Judas Priest concert or that my parents wouldnt find the seeds I left on the dashboard of my car, or that the condom wouldnt break......and I went to Catholic school....

[The Dad Fisherman]

Anybody else singing the Zappa song Catholic Girls in their head right now....

[Nebe]

hey she gave me VD!

[JH Beers]

I'd send my kids to a catholic school if it was taught by Judas Priest.