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[[User:MetcalfeM|MetcalfeM]] 20:21, 3 March 2008 (EST)
[[User:MetcalfeM|MetcalfeM]] 20:21, 3 March 2008 (EST)
: (Reply from a non-US citizen!) In America all prayer that is in any way "endorsed" by the school (including implicitly) is effectively illegal. This includes the Lord's Prayer at an assembly, prayer by a teacher (whether in class or not), prayer by anyone during class time, and even prayer by a student at any gathering sanctioned by the school, it seems. There's video online of a student acknowledging God (not actually praying) in her graduation speech (I think it was, or something like that) having the microphone turned off by the school because of that. It's not so much that prayer is not endorsed or encouraged, but that it is banned (or censored, if you like). That is, if the teacher ''wants'' to pray, and the student have no objection, the teacher is still not permitted to. [[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 20:42, 3 March 2008 (EST)
: (Reply from a non-US citizen!) In America all prayer that is in any way "endorsed" by the school (including implicitly) is effectively illegal. This includes the Lord's Prayer at an assembly, prayer by a teacher (whether in class or not), prayer by anyone during class time, and even prayer by a student at any gathering sanctioned by the school, it seems. There's video online of a student acknowledging God (not actually praying) in her graduation speech (I think it was, or something like that) having the microphone turned off by the school because of that. It's not so much that prayer is not endorsed or encouraged, but that it is banned (or censored, if you like). That is, if the teacher ''wants'' to pray, and the student have no objection, the teacher is still not permitted to. [[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 20:42, 3 March 2008 (EST)
:: Well put, Philip. MetcalfeM, it's called censorship when something is permitted to be said only at home, or only in special place. Liberal concepts like evolution are not censored in the classroom. Why is prayer censored there?--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 20:46, 3 March 2008 (EST)