24 July 2011

On Segregated Prayers in Public Schools

An essential characteristic of public schools is that they should be secular, should be schools that neither endorse a particular view on religion nor discriminate against students with a particular view on religion.

These prayers are being described by some as an example of religious freedom (i.e. students being allowed to practice their religious beliefs), but there are some aspects of the situation which make me question this assessment. [The Eternal Bookshelf] Read more [via Butterflies and Wheels]