Should America Strictly Enforce Separation of Church and State in Public Schools?: Rough Draft
Is taking god out of our schools damaging the students in our education system? Is instituting Allah of any other religion acceptable in the schooling experience we provide to the children of America? Recently, many schools in the US are offering bible classes to their students, and other schools are considering to do the same. Although some people want to incorporate religion into schools, not allowing to be in conjunction with schools would be the decision because it would cause conflicts between other religions, and would violate the first amendment of the separation of church and state. Having religion incorporated with our education system …show more content…
The first amendment states the congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise of freedom of religion. Text C says “The cheerleaders might want to reread their civics textbooks. School official have no choice but to uphold the first amendment. Even if the vast majority of the community wants the Bible verses, religious freedom is not a popularity contest.” What this text uncovers is that the law of the land can override the needs of a belief. The government must not show any prejudice towards any culture, which means the government cannot favor one culture to allow religious freedom. By having a school recite Bible verses, it would violate the first amendment, no matter how many people actually are okay with this, as said above, “Religious freedom is not a popularity …show more content…
This point of view makes sense because text E states “The Bible may constitutionally be used in an appropriate study of history, civilization, ethics, comparative religion, or the like”. Therefore, having the bible as a study subject can teach students about the conflicts of society, life, etc. However, having schools study one specific religion still presents prejudge towards other faiths. Article D says “Or do we just override these concerns because these people are the minority? Shouldn’t majorities be able to impose their religious will on minorities in public schools? But what if we are part of the religious minority? What then?” This text conveys the idea that even having a whole class dedicated to the study of a religion still portrays discrimination towards other faiths. While the school hosting the class might have different intentions other than to promote that particular religion, having students attend a whole period devoted to the study of one's religion can subtly gives of the message “This religion's history is so important that it has an entire school class dedicated to
Is taking god out of our schools damaging the students in our education system? Is instituting Allah of any other religion acceptable in the schooling experience we provide to the children of America? Recently, many schools in the US are offering bible classes to their students, and other schools are considering to do the same. Although some people want to incorporate religion into schools, not allowing to be in conjunction with schools would be the decision because it would cause conflicts between other religions, and would violate the first amendment of the separation of church and state. Having religion incorporated with our education system …show more content…
The first amendment states the congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise of freedom of religion. Text C says “The cheerleaders might want to reread their civics textbooks. School official have no choice but to uphold the first amendment. Even if the vast majority of the community wants the Bible verses, religious freedom is not a popularity contest.” What this text uncovers is that the law of the land can override the needs of a belief. The government must not show any prejudice towards any culture, which means the government cannot favor one culture to allow religious freedom. By having a school recite Bible verses, it would violate the first amendment, no matter how many people actually are okay with this, as said above, “Religious freedom is not a popularity …show more content…
This point of view makes sense because text E states “The Bible may constitutionally be used in an appropriate study of history, civilization, ethics, comparative religion, or the like”. Therefore, having the bible as a study subject can teach students about the conflicts of society, life, etc. However, having schools study one specific religion still presents prejudge towards other faiths. Article D says “Or do we just override these concerns because these people are the minority? Shouldn’t majorities be able to impose their religious will on minorities in public schools? But what if we are part of the religious minority? What then?” This text conveys the idea that even having a whole class dedicated to the study of a religion still portrays discrimination towards other faiths. While the school hosting the class might have different intentions other than to promote that particular religion, having students attend a whole period devoted to the study of one's religion can subtly gives of the message “This religion's history is so important that it has an entire school class dedicated to