It seems that there is a slippery slope in defining the separation of church and state. Take the high school football player who was penalized for praying after he made a touchdown. Students have a right to the free expression of their own religion, but it seems that many schools these days are defining 'separation of church and state' as limiting one's right to the free expression of their religion. The school cannot sanction a religion or force their students to practice a religion (although ask the kids in a California middle school who had to recite prayers to Allah and play jihad games about school sanctioned religion), but students are allowed to have the free expression of religion.
There's a school in Florida, I believe, that has banned the colors red and green during the Christmas season. Will they treat all religions equally, then? Will they ban dress from other faiths? My guess is no. And red and green are not religious colors, although, even if they were the school does not have the right to oppress an individual's expression of their faith. The school cannot come out and have a 'wear red and green day' as that crosses the line, but they are overreaching in squelching students' rights to their expression of their faith. And I fear this is just the beginning.
No comments:
Post a Comment