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...writing in praise of Tanya Dutta's piece about prayer in public schools ("Keep Out of Our Schools," Opinion, Sept. 19). Her clearly written and well though-out arguments actually helped me to crystallize how I feel about the topic...
Really, the moment of silence is just a way to wiggle around the Supreme Court decision. It is not a compromise in any way because there is no room to compromise on this issue. Prayer simply does not belong in public schools...
...simply unfair to make young children feel that they are outsiders because of their faith. Any student can pray when and where they wish individually. Under the Federal Equal Access Act, high school students can even form prayer clubs and use school property. As for moments of silence that are not used for prayer, there are plenty of those already during the school day. Anyone can steal a few moments to meditate...
...Enforced prayer in school only devalues personal devotion and religion in general. Children do not need their teacher to force them to pray. Religion is very personal and individual and the practice of it should be the same...
Intolerance often comes of ignorance, and education is used to encourage tolerance. By taking away precious education time and enforcing a mandatory prayer program, intolerance and ignorance win twice over, at least in the American public school system...