Tim May wrote:
Due to my advanced age, compared to most of you, I was attending elementary school in the State of Virginia before the Supreme Court struck down school prayer (circa 1962). I vaguely recall a kind of prayer at times, which anyone was free to ignore. Obviously a child will feel social pressures to conform...but such is life in many ways.
And then the rest of the children were made to stand at attention while the Jews, the Buddhists, the Muslims, et al, performed their own religious rituals, right?
The Jew in our class was specifically exempted from school prayers. Seth Schrager--I remember his name somehow--was excused from Christian activities, like building manger scenes and reenacting Christian parables in school plays. Actually, we didn't _want_ any Christkillers in our school plays.
Big news, Tim...non-violent discrimination against a particular religious faction is not quite the same as freedom from religious persecution. i.e. - Not kicking Seth's Christkilling little butt is not the equivalent of letting him engage in his religious activities in school just as the Christian kids do. Still looking for your shoes? Check under the bed... ~JC~