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Old 08-06-2008, 08:42 AM
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Thanks ztecc. That paints a clearer picture on the problem.

In this case, banning school prayer and any religious activities (that are not for educational purposes) would be reasonable. Not a ban on teachers or students to pray on their own of course. As one person have the right to religion, another person also have the right not to have religion. Religious teachings are best left to the parents and/or the person's congregation, not the school or its teachers.

The "right" to not be offended is another matter and is present in various cases. Like for instance, recently a group of mothers breastfed in a public subway to exercise their right to it if I remember correctly. Do you find this offensive? Will they find it offensive if you ask them not to? This kind of thing, in my own opinion, is best left to a person's discretion and perhaps common sense. Something like, if you're offended then leave or if you're about to do something people might find offensive then try to be discrete ...or not.

Hope I wasn't too confusing.
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