New School Prayer

[Alex]

I don't know what it was like at other high schools but at my public high school there were several religious student groups that held group prayers around the campus throughout the day during non-class times. And many students that audibly prayed in classes during periods where general talking was allowed and silently to themselves when they weren't.

Nobody ever raised any objection to that. Just to the time a substitute English teacher tried to lead a class in a prayer.

Though I'm sure there have been plenty of examples of school administrators cracking down too hard out of fear of litigation just as there are many examples of school administrators being way too lenient out of personally held religious beliefs.

[blueerica]

Originally Posted by Alex

I don't know what it was like at other high schools but at my public high school there were several religious student groups that held group prayers around the campus throughout the day during non-class times. And many students that audibly prayed in classes during periods where general talking was allowed and silently to themselves when they weren't.

Ditto my experience. Then again, I grew up in Michigan...