reidjr2010
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I have no issue with letting muslims pray thats fine i have no issue with that but you offer the same to other groups.
Seems fair. Muslims can use the school to pray during the school day on Fridays. Jews can use the school day on Saturdays. And Christians can use the school to pray during the school day on Sundays.I have no issue with letting muslims pray thats fine i have no issue with that but you offer the same to other groups.
even the lords prayer its not allowed in most schools you want to be fair bring it back in some schools
nfitz said:Wait you say ... there are no school days on Saturdays and Sundays. I guess it's just a huge coincidence that there is no school day on the Jewish and Christian holy day!
When the Mormons set up tyrannical dictatorships around the world based on their religion, and then use that religion as a justification for attacking other Western countries and citizens, THEN I'll agree that the Mormons are worse.
Ak2809 said:Once you allow religious groups so use publicly owned facilities for prayers you've essentially created government funded places of worship.
Ak2809 said:So we should accommodate christian students by allowing them to recite the Lord's prayer before classes?
We've been doing that for a long time - it's a long and common history. Lots of public schools serve as religious uses before and after school (and during, as we've seen.) In at least one school in Thornhill that I know of at the end of the day kids can go straight from class to Hebrew/Jewish classes without leaving the school. Churches and associated property pay reduced (or no) property taxes and many of them are built on donated lands so they are also indirectly subsidized by the state and therefore government funded places of worship.
Though back then, there weren't any references to God in Oh Canada, like there are now.
Oh Canada? Oh really???Additional note: we had Oh Canada in the movie theatres as well.
Does this make it right? No, and it should end.
So then why are we only talking about denying Muslims in this thread?
I'm curious as to what mechanism would bring this to a court. I'm aware of no statute that has been broken. Can you identify one?I sincerely hope that this goes to the courts and it is affirmed that religion has no place on school grounds. The courts will agree with it as well, because of past precedent.
That was in relation to it being part of the curriculum however; something the classroom teacher did for the entire class (at least those who didn't have to be escorted out somewhere so they weren't subjected to it). If a private organization is running a non-mandatory program in separate rooms from classes, I don't see how that court ruling would have any bearing. Nor do I see a statute in question.It was back in 1988 where the ontario courts of appeal said held the rulling say the lords prayer could no longer be spoken on the grounds it discriminated aginst students of other faiths or those who had no religion.
There's enough outs in the charter for that ... given the freedom of religion, the clause about God being supreme, etc. Surely by that standard, then bathrooms for different sexes also violate the charter.Another issue is because girs and boys are segregated that does goes aginst the canadian charter which states everyone much be treated as a equal as with this beeing in a public school this could be a issue.