Right to prayer? ... am i missing something?

The US has always had a lot of intense pressure to make schools pseudo-religious institutions with regular mandated prayer so there's been a "not one drop" approach to separation of church and state.

Like this isn't someone randomly praying privately to himself people do that in schools all the time. This is a school leader in the middle of the football field in a public ritual.

Is the school praying or is he?

And if it's just his private business, would the response be identical if he was a Muslim? Would the school feel just as comfortable with him representing them?

Legally it should be the same thing. We all know that politically it would not.

I don’t see a problem. In first grade we walked to the cafeteria and got our food tray and sat down together and the teacher prayed a very short prayer giving thanks for our food. I don’t see where that hurt anyone and it made us more self-aware of not taking our food for granted. So much is taken for granted these days and when there is a shortage or whatever the damned grumbling begins.

KEEP RELIGION OUT OF SCHOOLS. It’s all just child abuse and indoctrination.

Not publicly while acting in one's role in the service of the state. Funding a school where the teacher leads the kids in prayer isn't substantively different from just funding a religious school.

What is going on?
Not having the right to pray sounds like something from a nation where religion is suppressed.
And I'm used to that people can join in prayer voluntarily whether they believe or not.

The case in question was a high school football coach who was fired for praying on the 50 yard line after games. No students/players were forced to join him. They school in question felt since he was “in view” of students it violated the Firat Amendment Establishment Clause.

It’s a long-standing debate in the US where the establishment clause of the first amendment prohibits the establishment of a state religion. Compulsory prayer or religious activity in schools has generally been found to violate that. But what’s less clear is whether schools can or should facilitate non-compulsory but clearly expected prayer by students—like a coach telling all team members to participate because it’s good teamwork.

That’s the general issue. I’m not familiar with the current case TBH.

In my part of the Bible Belt.. students can pray in a public school
It shouldn’t be led by a staff member though.
My school has a prayer room for Muslim students.
It doesn’t involve staff at all ..
As soon as we allow adults in the mix” leading”
It sets one religion above another..



The separation of church and state is showing cracks today…

The issue is that some people see a hijab and get nervous.

People are stupid

Attack on prayer and religious clubs in schools is one the main reasons I will not teach at nor will my children attend public school. My kids attend a Christian school ran by my church and I'm going to be teaching there come august

No idea. if you don't care to pray, don't. its a pretty simple issue in my mind regardless of the religion.

Forced public funding of religion is an interesting question.

For some people, if you sinply do anything "in view" of others it infringes on their freedom somehow.

I see no issue. Those two things have always been separate for me

Who's having an issue?

No it's not for all religions. It's just another blow to the separation of church and state. If these were Satanists instead of Christians the case would have came out the opposite.

Who says it's an issue?

What are you asking?

You're not missing anything. It's supposed to be for all religions, but many Christians make the assumption that it's just for them.