Earlier this week, I came upon an article about religion in public schools. It stated that religious ritual in public schools would be the only way to teach "values" and ethics. This article also said that the banning of practice of bible and prayer recitation is the blame of rising teen pregnancy rates, crime, drug use, and violence. I realize that everyone has their own opinion and some people are more heavily into religion than others, but I think this went too far. Putting the blame for all these terrible things on no practice of religion is just crazy.
I feel that public schools should be a "religion free zone." It wouldn't be right for teachers to promote their religious beliefs to students; especially when there are so many families who have no religious ideology at all. What is your opinion on religion in public schools?
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I completely agree with you! Public schools should be a "religion free zone". I think that analyzing the various holy texts is a great idea but I think that the idea of forcing children to pray or whatever in school is ridiculous. If it is a specified religious school that is one thing but in public schools, that is totally inappropriate!
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