Bill calling for mandatory prayer for South Carolina public schools

[Ghoti]

I SO wish some teacher would have the guts to use this opportunity to lead a Satanic prayer. Hell, any prayer other than Christianity or Judaism would be fine, just to watch the fundies' heads explode.

"Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!"

[SpaceProg]

Ia, Ia?

[Cloud3514]

Cthulu ftagn!

[Sylvana]

The bill, H. 3526, would require teachers to lead a moment of silence at the beginning of each school day, during which the teacher would be allowed to deliver a prayer. Students who didn’t not want to participate would be allowed to leave the classroom.

So there is a moment of silence. Which is OK, it gives religiously inclined people an opportunity to do their thing, but wouldn't a teacher delivering a prayer be counter the the silence part of this?

[Vypernight]

Yeah, why spend money to improve SC's economy when you can challenge the constitution instead.  And they say liberals don't read it.

[ironbite]

That's what they're hoping for anyways.

[Shane for Wax]

Up in Ohio we had student led prayer during lunch time. Why can't they just do that? I don't get it.

[Art Vandelay]

What part of "no government endorsement of religion" do they not understand? It's not "no government endorsement of just the one religion", it's no religion at all. What the fuck makes them think it's okay just because they say "oh, they can pray to whomever they want, so it's totally cool"? That's not even a valid loophole because they're still endorsing religion, regardless of quantity. Do they think they can just make up their own loopholes now?

Although this is American politics we're talking about, so that could well be the case, come to think of it.

To think that you people are the super power of not just the western world but the entire world in general is both scary and depressing.

[RavynousHunter]

We used to earn that title, not just insist upon it.  Perhaps, one day, we can earn it again.

[wrightway]

Hel, how about a prayer to Odin?  Or Thor?

...Or even Loki?

"Oh great God of Mischief, would you please take a break from masquerading as the midgardian known as Tom Hiddleston, so I may have sexy times with you. Amen"

I kind of hate you right now. I just spit coffee on my screen.

[Old Viking]

Someone praying out loud during a moment of silence is about as deep as the thinking gets in SC.

[R. U. Sirius]

Someone praying out loud during a moment of silence is about as deep as the thinking gets in SC.

It's really quite logical if you change the definition of "silence" to mean "everyone we don't agree with shutting up."

[driewerf]

They really don't understand the First Amendment do they?

Ironbite-this will get struck down so hard it won't even be funny.

And then the fundies can start whining about persecussion, that the US aren't a christian nation anymore, that evil libruls are tacking over etc etc.
That is the goal: the opportunity to complain.

[Ghoti]

This whole debacle makes me wish that people who are actually persecuted for religious reasons would show up and scream at the fuckwad who introduced this godawful idea.

[Star Cluster]

At least it is a bi-partisan piece of shit bill.  It was introduced and endorsed by 9 Democrats and 3 Republicans. 

Way to cross party lines on such a needless law, guys.