What’s OK And What’s Not OK: A School Prayer Primer

[SecularMotion]

Yesterday was “See You at the Pole,” an annual event where public school students meet outside the building for a voluntary prayer session (often near a flagpole, hence the name – see this example) usually before the school day begins.

The Religious Right expects Americans United to get all worked up about this. We really don’t – as long as the event is voluntary and student-run and school officials aren’t sponsoring or promoting it.

I’ve said this before, but it’s worth saying again: Americans United does not object to truly voluntary student religious expression in public schools. What we oppose is any religious exercise that smacks of coercion or school sponsorship.

Here are some ground rules:

https://blog.au.org/blogs/wall-of-separation/what-s-ok-and-what-s-not-ok-a-school-prayer-primer

[cbayer]

1. Good guidelines. Somebody ought to let Kansas know.

[Mariana]

2. Kansas already knows.

That Kansas school board didn't act in ignorance. They intentionally violated the law.