If violence is brought into the schools by outsiders, why/how is "lack of religion" in the schools the problem? ~ ~ Sooz

Schools ‘May Require Recitation Of The Lord’s Prayer’ Under Indiana Bill
By Adam Peck on Jan 4, 2013 at 11:18 am

A state senator in Indiana introduced a bill on Thursday that would give public school districts the authority to mandate daily recitations of the Lord’s Prayer in public classrooms.

The bill, introduced on the first day of the new legislative session by Republican Senator Dennis Krause, outlines Kruse’s reasoning for requiring school prayer:


Kruse’s bill would unquestionably run afoul of the Constitution. The Supreme Court has repeatedly ruled that mandating school prayer is a violation of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. Even fellow Republicans in the Indiana senate don’t think much of Kruse’s bill, with Republican Senate President Pro Tempore assigning it to a committee often considered a graveyard for legislation according to the Indianapolis Star.

This is not the first time Sen. Dennis Kruse, a Republican who also happens to chair the Senate education committee, has tried to inject Christianity into public schools. Last year, he led a push to introduce creationism into the science curriculum, and when that failed he tried to pass a bill that would have required teachers to provide “some kind of research to support that what they are teaching is true or not true.”

Despite the clear violation of the First Amendment, conservatives have taken a renewed interest in school prayer after the tragic shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. Several prominent conservatives, including Mike Huckabee and Newt Gingrich, used the deaths of 27 people — including 20 elementary school students — as an opportunity to blame the lack of religion in schools for gun violence.

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/01/04/1397651/indiana-lawmaker-wants-to-give-schools-the-power-to-mandate-prayer-in-classrooms/

We elect far too many loonies.

This is strictly against the Constitution which the loons are usually up in arms about.

Please don't insult loons.

OTOH, a Glock, body armour and a bible should do it to have all those kidlets be on the front lines when that nasty gummint comes for us all.
F***ing retards.

If violence is brought into the schools by outsiders, why/how is "lack of religion" in the schools the problem?


Because, in their tiny little bird brains God must be invited into a school by everyone publicly to earn his protection.

OTOH, if they pray and they get attacked anyway, it's "God's will"(for some sick reason known only to "God" ). It would have to be thus, otherwise it makes them look like idio...............nevah mind.

It would all be quite funny if they weren't serious.