If you're the Jewish kid in Texas who constantly gets called a "Christ killer", you have a different view on this argument.
Why is it that some Christians are so thread-bare in their beliefs that they think the lack of a minute at school to recite a prayer (or be led into one) is going result in disaster? I mean, do you NOT see how close that is to other behaviors that you decry?
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She and her daughter Judith developed a fascination with the way Christmas was used by the atheist Nazis, who tried to turn it into a pagan winter solstice celebration.....
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I *almost* had to laugh at the irony of this. "Christmas" was originally Yule which WAS (and still is) a pagan winter solstice celebration.
But in all seriousness - would the Christians who speak the loudest in trying to get prayer back in school be so vocal if the Muslims suddenly demanded 5 breaks per day (or however many fall during the school day) to pray in school? If you allow one, you really DO have to allow them all - and is that what you REALLY want? Be careful what you wish for - you might get it.
That being said, I fully support a religious school, like the Catholic schools we have in our town, being free from interference in this matter. It's a private school so the rules are, naturally, different.