Do you think that preaching religion should be banned from all public schools?

Maybe they should have a day every Year where all Children are required to write to Santa Claus too. It would make about as much sense. I mean if we're going to force them to follow one myth,why not make them follow every myth.

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I think if the religion of Atheism and their stepchild evolution would be removed it would be alright to remove other forms of religion so everyone would have equal footing.

If you suppress one kind of religion it should apply to all. In the good old USA certain schools are making room for Muslim religious teaching and prayer times and other Muslim acts of worship and performance and nobody seems to be crying over that. The fear generated from 911 has evidently carried over into the educational system as well.

Isn't the real rub against Christians that stand firm in the face of the ungodly humanistic teachings that have supplanted the intents of the founding fathers of this nation?

Look up online and order the book the ACLU doesn't want any American to read "The Christian Life and Character of the Civil Institutions of the United States." Anyone who buys and reads this book will find that Christianity has been the first and only intent of the founding fathers. It was written at a time when people were still honest enough to examine truth without the liberal bias projected in the media today!

This book was written at a time when secular thinking was attempting to erase Judeo-Christian values and teachings from every arena of society just as it is in America today, and one man stood firmly against that and produced this great volume to counter that attack against human dignity and worth. It is an important work for every American who values our Constitutional freedoms and wants to see them remain strong and vibrant in a nation built to be ruled by its citizenry and not the elitist judiciary and the perverted courts who are making arbitrary decisions based on their opinion of what is right for everyone.

To start my answer I am Christian. I sure don't want want my children learning how to bow to Baal the pegan god worshiped during the days of Elijah. I am sure that a Baptise parent wouldn't want their child learning "HAIL Marry", and I am sure a Jewish parent wouldn't want their child to say the Lords prayer. Until 100% of (of least parents at the school) agree on a religion to be taught then keep religion out of public school. However, I am sure activest would still complain. For example if the defination of family was taught that a family is related by blood or by marriage only then gays would cry that defination violates their freedom of religion. If a variety of definations were offered Christians would be offened because they have to cater to the gays in the community.

That having been said I think the fight to keep religion out of public schools has gotten redeculious.

On that note, I offer my answer as to have a religious class, being offered as an elective once the child is old enough. That class should be open enough to discuss many religious views and many walks of life.

Religion should NEVER be forced on anyone. EVEN if it be the religion of the state. Because it sure as hell wasn't mine when I had to go through all those mornings singing hymns whilst cursing. See, it messes up kids. However, it's unfair to remove the choice to study or practice religion in schools. But personally, I think it would be hypocritical to ban preaching religion but carry on preaching Darwinism. Is not that a belief, almost a religion? Double standards, double standards.

Truthfully, how can the public school system teach religion since their are so many religions?

Under the latter condition the only possible way would be to have a class (non-elective) that would outline all the various religions/cultures.

Teaching a sterile religon (dogma) is best left to the private school system or the parochial school system where the threat of a lawsuit is not possible.

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I wasn’t aware there were such “requirements” in the UK. News and quite a surprise since it is such a religiously pluralistic society.

Comparative religious studies and religious diversity should be offered as elective courses but “preaching” is more like recruiting which probably ought to happen in particular religious venues and not a public educational institution.

I'm a born-again Christian and you are a ranter; however, I agree that preaching religion should be banned from all public schools. That requirement you spoke of is probably a result of the Muslims' ongoing takeover of the UK.

Religion should not be preached in schools, there should be lessons about all other cultures though, all the cultures and religions should be given equal time.

The preaching of religion should be kept at home and in places of worship, it's a matter of personal choice.

if ALL education is about fact, not fiction, then why are children read Christmas stories that involve Santa Claus, or Easter stories involving the easter bunny? there is plenty of fiction taught in schools.

on to the subject at hand, i think it should be a choice. for those children that want to pray, worship, etc..they should have that right. for those that don't, same applies. it should all be about choices.

Perhaps we should talk about whether there should be public schools! Of course, they only ban some religions from the current schools. They just replaced it with secular humanism, the approved government religion. Religion of all types will never be banned.

This is how it is supposed to work here in the states: People like you don't want religion forced on them, and other people want religion in the public. How do you reconcile those two? You don't write any laws for or against it. If a teacher wants to pray, then fine. Keep the decisions local. If there is problem, talk to the teacher or move to a different class, or school. Blanket rules like the one you describe really do restrict freedom. We have the same problem in the U.S. except ours is the other way. We have freedom from religion which is not the way it is supposed to be.