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From: co@cbscc.UUCP (Corinna Owens)
Newsgroups: net.religion
Subject: Re: prayer in public schools
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Date: Tue, 6-Mar-84 08:22:01 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar  6 08:22:01 1984
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A questions concerning prayer in public schools: 
	Is someone going to be leading these prayers?  If so, who?

If I had a child, I would not want my child's teacher leading a prayer for 
the class.  This would give a teacher the opportunity to impress upon the 
children his or her beliefs.  And I am sure teachers don't want to waste 
time giving the class timeout for prayer.  The children already have enough 
useless time out of the classroom during the school day (for example three 
recesses a day).

This is my view on the matter: a child who wants to say a prayer can do so 
during lunch or recess, or whenever.  Many times I pray here at work during 
a free moment and I disturb no one.  If I don't have a free moment then I 
can wait until I get home.

The public schools are just not the place for some enforcement of timeout
for prayer.  Our country is supposed to have separation of church and state.
I sure wouldn't like it if the government stated churches must take time out
of their services to allow for political thought.

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Corinna Owens
AT&T Bell Laboratories
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