Would you be okay with a PRE game prayer? o

[Anonymous]

I don't care. If they want pray, give a blessing, of any religion as long as participation isn't forced and kids can just stand by silently if they don't want to do it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No. I am Christian but it’s not appropriate in that setting, from an inclusion perspective. There’s nothing stopping individual players from saying a private prayer.

+1

[Anonymous]

No, freedom from religion.

Engel v. Vitale line of cases.

[Anonymous]

It may shock some of you to know this, but public address system prayers before football games are quite common before high school and even college games in many parts of the country.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It may shock some of you to know this, but public address system prayers before football games are quite common before high school and even college games in many parts of the country.

Yeah, those areas where Trump is king and Covid runs rampant. Glad to be in DC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't care. If they want pray, give a blessing, of any religion as long as participation isn't forced and kids can just stand by silently if they don't want to do it.

Pray on your own time, chief. Don't make me waste my time waiting around for you to mess with rosary beads or sacrifice a chicken or whatever your particular faith calls for.

[Anonymous]

I grew up in a respected and admired FCPS and our basketball coach had us say a prayer before each game, including the words "Jesus," "God," etc. I thought it was weird then but it seems really wrong now.

[Anonymous]

I would not be OK with it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't care. If they want pray, give a blessing, of any religion as long as participation isn't forced and kids can just stand by silently if they don't want to do it.

Pray on your own time, chief. Don't make me waste my time waiting around for you to mess with rosary beads or sacrifice a chicken or whatever your particular faith calls for.

PP above who said this is likely unconstitutional - this is an illustration of the attitude that is destroying civil discourse in favor of snarky social media posts designed to “outrage” and capture eyeballs. Nice, PP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't care. If they want pray, give a blessing, of any religion as long as participation isn't forced and kids can just stand by silently if they don't want to do it.

Forcing a kid to set themselves apart as different based on their religious beliefs is just wrong.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It may shock some of you to know this, but public address system prayers before football games are quite common before high school and even college games in many parts of the country.

Wow, thanks, Sherlock. We had no idea.

That still doesn't make praying at a school event acceptable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I grew up in a respected and admired FCPS and our basketball coach had us say a prayer before each game, including the words "Jesus," "God," etc. I thought it was weird then but it seems really wrong now.

Even the pledge of allegiance seems weird now. Kids standing like little robots reciting a pledge UNDER GOD to their country. Feel handmaid tale-ish when you think about it but we all did it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nope. I grew up in a neighboring state with similar practices. This isn't Kentucky. That would not go well here with the diversity of religions and beliefs (and non-beliefs if that's a word). Also, religious practices don't belong at public school functions. Pre-game prayers can be private and there is absolutely no reason for it at functions like graduation and in school. If that's important to you, go to a religious private school. There are plenty around here.

+1 to the bolded.

[Anonymous]

Absolutely not. It makes kids feel isolated and different if it’s not their culture and practice. I think coaches and role models can make a much better impact on all kids by modeling high integrity behavior that is not aligned to religious beliefs.

[Anonymous]

I went to British boarding school, complete with prayerful assembly, religion study and grace before meals. It was in a particular time and place, and I accepted it.

However, in our area, in our time, this is not acceptable.