There are a few cases of schools prohibiting children from praying.
There's this 2002 Saratogo case in which a girl not only said grace but tried to get other students to join her. According to the school it's that later bit that got her in trouble. In any case it's been settled without damages. She may pray at lunch. She may not ask others to join her.
http://poststar.com/news/local/saratoga-...8b124.html
The thing is that like the above case they are either attempts to stop disruptions, or misunderstandings of the school's First Amendment obligations. What they are not is attempts by atheists or Jews, or Muslims, or other non-Christians to prevent Christianity. And none of them involves attempts to deconvert Christian kids.
Just imagine the hell that would break loose if an atheist teacher were to hold a child in over recess to explain that there is no god.
There's this 2002 Saratogo case in which a girl not only said grace but tried to get other students to join her. According to the school it's that later bit that got her in trouble. In any case it's been settled without damages. She may pray at lunch. She may not ask others to join her.
http://poststar.com/news/local/saratoga-...8b124.html
The thing is that like the above case they are either attempts to stop disruptions, or misunderstandings of the school's First Amendment obligations. What they are not is attempts by atheists or Jews, or Muslims, or other non-Christians to prevent Christianity. And none of them involves attempts to deconvert Christian kids.
Just imagine the hell that would break loose if an atheist teacher were to hold a child in over recess to explain that there is no god.
If there is a god, I want to believe that there is a god. If there is not a god, I want to believe that there is no god.
