04-02-2021, 08:05 PM
sekker wrote:
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[quote=sekker]
Heading back to our working EULA, the US Constitution:
"First Amendment
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof..."
This double-edged sword is wielded by both sides. Which are you taking?
I do not understand how this law, that is trying to be repealed, is legal in the first place. It is written to block the practice of Hinduism. What am I missing?
This is about activities that take place in public schools. It's supposedly about being consistent with Supreme Court rulings on what is permissible in public schools with respect to religion. What a noble goal! Keep religion out of our schools!
But as far as I know, the state of Alabama has a law that says:
https://law.justia.com/codes/alabama/200...-20_2.html
2009 Alabama Code
Title 16 — EDUCATION.
Chapter 1 — GENERAL PROVISIONS.
Section 16-1-20.2 School prayer.
Section 16-1-20.2
School prayer.
From henceforth, any teacher or professor in any public educational institution within the State of Alabama, recognizing that the Lord God is one, at the beginning of any homeroom or any class, may pray, may lead willing students in prayer, or may lead the willing students in the following prayer to God:
Almighty God, You alone are our God. We acknowledge You as the Creator and Supreme Judge of the world. May Your justice, Your truth, and Your peace abound this day in the hearts of our countrymen, in the counsels of our government, in the sanctity of our homes and in the classrooms of our schools in the name of our Lord. Amen.
Maybe the courts have thrown this out since the JUSTIA sight was last updated - it sure seems clearly unconstitutional to me. Even if the courts have thrown it out I have no doubt what-so-ever that the same politicians that are so down on yoga would say they support the saying of that prayer to the students in public schools.