Public School Halts Reading Of Lord's Prayer

[The Straight Story]

Public School Halts Reading Of Lord's Prayer

POSTED: 4:05 pm EST February 2, 2006

MINERAL RIDGE, Ohio -- A public high school in Ohio has stopped opening the school day with a prayer, after a newspaper questioned whether the practice was constitutional.

Until this week, the Lord's Prayer was recited over the public address system at Ohio's Mineral Ridge High School before the Pledge of Allegiance and morning announcements.

The Warren Tribune Chronicle had questioned Weathersfield Local School District officials about whether the prayer violates separation of church and state.

http://www.local6.com/news/6685968/detail.html

[Patchuli]

1. Aw crap!

That'll get the extremo fundies in a lather! sigh........

[Erika]

3. Good, that's why separation of church and govt exists

The "Lords Prayer"? Sorry, our immigration practices allows Jews, Buddhists, Muslims, etc to become part of our social fabric.

The Lord's prayer is exclusively Christian. Do we invite others in then require them to worship as we do?

[Bill McBlueState]

14. hell, it's even more exclusive than that

The Catholic and Protestant Lord's Prayers are distinctly different. I wonder which one they went with?

[Patchuli]

16. You are preaching to the choir, Erika

I'm a Christian but I don't believe in shoving my faith down others' throats. I'm just tired of the Michael Newdows that cause these problems. Kids should learn faith at home and reading, writing and arithmetic at school.

[BushOut06]

2. Gee, only about 100 years too late

Making kids recite the Pledge is one thing...displaying the Ten Commandments another, but actually reciting the Lord's prayer? How in the hell did they even THINK that could be legal?

[WinkyDink]

4. Did they just notice the word "PUBLIC"??

[Charlie Brown]

5. Over the Public Address System?

Good Grief. It amazes this escaped notice until a small paper wrote a column.

Only a matter of time until the X-tians start whailing about persecution and victimhood.

At least the school discontinued the prayer voluntarily, without grandstanding the issue thru a lawsuit.

[politicat]

6. Good grief, we've gone back in time 50 years!!!!

You'd think that Engel v. Vitale and Murry v. Curlett never happened....

[upi402]

7. Just saying NO to the Christian Taliban-dits

:thumbsup:

[kath]

8. "until this week"?!?! Jeez, I thought such things stopped *decades* ago.

How on earth did they get away with it for so long? Is this place totally Fundie Central, or what???

[in_cog_ni_to]

9. HOW THE HELL have they gotten away with that???

GEEZUS! This crap MUST BE NIPPED IN THE BUD...NOW! They recited it over the PA system??? Unfreakin'believable!

[rodeodance]

10. "We're now in compliance with the law."--as you said--a wee bit late.

Superintendent Mike Hanshaw said none of the school's 300 students was required to say the prayer and none had complained, but adds, "We're now in compliance with the law."

[rucky]

11. Don't Pray In My School & I Won't Think In Your Church. n/t

[saltpoint]

12. Perhaps those who want the Lord's Prayer recited can drop into their

chosen place of worship on Sunday morning and crank it up there.

A public school is no place for private religious indoctrination.

[niyad]

13. years ago, when SCOTUS overturned school prayers, bob hope

remarked that it would certainly change things, as kids would actually have to study to pass their exams. .

[fishwax]

15. they're just now getting around to questioning it?

Yeesh!