Illinois lawmaker advocates for official worship, religious shrines in public schools
Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2012 10:38 am
Crazy, crazy stuff happens when people become fearful.Illinois state Rep. La Shawn Ford (D-Chicago) made a surprising statement this week about a major change he would like to see in schools: more prayer.
Ford told a group of ministers: “I also urge the ministers here to fight to get prayer back in schools. That’s a mission that we need to do. We need to make sure that we get prayer back in schools in some form or fashion, KMOX, the CBS radio affiliate in St. Louis, reported.
Ford’s comment, which the radio station reported as being made “out of the blue, is a real head scratcher.
He says on his website that he believes “more strongly than ever in the concept of social justice, and “that every member of society is deserving of equal economic, political and social rights....
...Public school students still have the right to pray individually or in groups and study the Bible, provided they do so in an unofficial capacity and without infringing on the rights of other students or disrupting school activities. The Supreme Court didn’t kick religion out of public schools – it just placed limits on schools’ ability to sponsor religious activities. We are grateful for that.
http://www.secularnewsdaily.com/2012/12 ... c-schools/
Ford told a group of ministers: “I also urge the ministers here to fight to get prayer back in schools. That’s a mission that we need to do. We need to make sure that we get prayer back in schools in some form or fashion, KMOX, the CBS radio affiliate in St. Louis, reported.
Ford’s comment, which the radio station reported as being made “out of the blue, is a real head scratcher.
He says on his website that he believes “more strongly than ever in the concept of social justice, and “that every member of society is deserving of equal economic, political and social rights....
...Public school students still have the right to pray individually or in groups and study the Bible, provided they do so in an unofficial capacity and without infringing on the rights of other students or disrupting school activities. The Supreme Court didn’t kick religion out of public schools – it just placed limits on schools’ ability to sponsor religious activities. We are grateful for that.
http://www.secularnewsdaily.com/2012/12 ... c-schools/