Two Florida school officials won't go to jail for praying

[kandrathe]

...And this crime is even more dasterdly to take place in the schools where the target group are individuals who have not fully formed their ideas and philosophies. There is no challenge of higher enlightenment here just conformity and ostracization.

Ah, the dasterdly crime of asking a fellow known Christian to say grace at a meal. Heinous! Crucify him! You mean alleged ostracization. There is no evidence of any ostracization or any requirement subject to ostracization. It would be helpful if you could point at someone other than the overtly Christian children of overtly Christian parents as victims here. One of my teachers was an Amway salesman, another was a dope addict, another bought us beer and partied with us and another dated under aged girls on his track team. I think there are other dangers in our schools than saying grace before meals.

I'm not ready for thought police, even for school children. It is the parents responsibility to determine those places that are safe for their children, whether that be a school, an after school event, a youth organization, surfing the internet or their chosen place of worship. When you give the government to power to shape a childs mind, then you run into these problems. When you give that power to their parents, then the parent has to appropriate responsibility to determine how to filter the world.

Now, in other conversations here, I've heard that parents can't be trusted to shape the minds of their own children.

The other solution... If you don't like small town ways, then move to the city. If you don't like Mormon life styles, then stay out of parts of Utah.