http://quichemoraine.com/2010/06/the-christian-colonies/

No, they didn’t. They voted to ban mandatory prayer endorsed by the state. Silent prayer is fine.

Thanks for agreeing with me but did you notice I intentionally misspelled silence?

Whoops, BoomerChick, no I didn’t. I agree with both moments of silence and moments of science.

Having had experience with religious schools, they really aren’t that expensive, especially if you are a member of the church that runs the school. These crazies who want prayer in school are NOT poor, inner city kids with no money. They are generally middle class white kids whose parents *could* afford the religious schools but choose not to because they might not be a big sports star in a little christian school. They choose the public schools because they want someone else to pay for their education and subsidize their extracurricular activities, but yet they want to force school to be a religious school at the same time.

Since prayer USED to be an acceptable part of the school curriculum, and now it is not, I would say the opposite is true

Not unlike “Separate But Equal” USED to be an acceptable social policy.

our schools are being overrun by atheists who insist on scrubbing every last vestige of religion from the face of the planet.

Bullshit. Very few atheists or atheist organizations take any action to restrict reasonable religious expression in any sphere. Religious Americans are a far, far cry from being persecuted into the underground. Whining because rational people (many, if not most, of whom are theists) are finally liberating temporarily captive audiences helps no one.

As far as the the United States being a Christian nation, I would agree with you, it is not at the moment a Christian nation. However our nations has strong Christian roots and a deep religious heritage, and to deny these two is to rewrite history.

Oratory, rhetoric, blah, blah, blah. “Christian Nation” is a legal status. A nation either is or is not a Christian nation. The United States of America is not one; this fact is plainly evident and has been since the crafting of our Constitution. Private citizens and their private organizations are more than welcome to all the “rich heritage” they can stuff into their saddlebags.

I can’t read their mind, but even when I was a christian, when it was time to bow your head and pray silently, that’s what I did, I didn’t start praying out loud to make sure everyone knew how holy I was.

When i ran the system that tracked the annual united way giving for the fortune 500 company i worked for, many people checked the box to remain annonymous. One year something got messed up and all their names were printed, they were very upset, because they wanted to do what jesus said and not have people know. Those people followed jesus’ teaching, these people in the video are not. it’s that simple, there’s no “context” to understand.

The issue here is that these public schools are being overrun by fundamentalist who believe silly things like the US is a Christian nation, that minorities don’t have rights, etc.

I’m sorry, the schools are being overrun by whom? Since prayer USED to be an acceptable part of the school curriculum, and now it is not, I would say the opposite is true – our schools are being overrun by atheists who insist on scrubbing every last vestige of religion from the face of the planet. Congratulations, your efforts are paying off handsomely.

As far as the the United States being a Christian nation, I would agree with you, it is not at the moment a Christian nation. However our nations has strong Christian roots and a deep religious heritage, and to deny these two is to rewrite history.