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[thir]

Moving on: A recent court decision in England has held that it is unlawful to hold Prayers as the first part of local councils' proceedings http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-16980025 . The case was brought by an an atheist organisation after a member of that council complained because he felt his rights were being trampled upon by forcing him to participate in something he objected to.

Any comments?

Good news. The verdict, that you can hold prayers but not force anyone to join, is the only way as I see it.

[Thorne]

Good news. The verdict, that you can hold prayers but not force anyone to join, is the only way as I see it.

Not really. What do you then do about the bullying that the minority of students who do NOT join in will have to endure from the majority, and possibly from the teachers themselves? When you have a public school which is 80% or more Christian, any Jewish, Muslim or atheist students who do NOT participate, basically paint large targets upon themselves when they opt out.

And what about those schools which may be majority Christian, but have a Jewish teacher leading the class. Will he be able to lead the class in Jewish prayer? What about Muslims? No, the experience here in the US is that prayer in public schools, rather than being a uniting factor, actually divides those schools. It's a bad verdict, as I'm sure you'll eventually find out.