Should religion, with money, be allowed to dictate who is and isn't hired at public Colleges and Universities
460381
Well, im not going to comment on the Mormon religion, but ill say this. In the United States, that was founded on freedom of religion and so on and so forth, this is an embarrassing predicament. No religion and no money should be able to dictate whether or not somebody is hireable or not. Everyone is supposedly given an equal right to get hired, based on your skill etc. in that field which you are applying for. Therefore anyone who uses the religion or money to deny a perfectly qualifiable person a job, should be persecuted.
868660
It should not be used to guide policy or legislation, nor should the government be in the business of suggesting preference for one set of religious beliefs over another.  The Constitution also states that no religious test should be required to hold public office.  I just wish the voters themselves would follow that precedent rather than waiting to see who throws out the most references to God or Jesus in campaign speeches.
29478
If it is, then shouldn't Christians be exempt from having to pay taxes for education?\n\nSince that isn't going to happen what harm is there in teaching Christianity and Judism where the schools are teaching Islam? There isn't any if you do it in an unbiased way, letting the student make up their own mind.
1007790
Conservatives usually don't try to convert others. Instead, they either rant to vent their own spleens or else they preach to the choir. However, although I support the ACLU, I don't think it's right to deny a student the right to talk about God at his high school graduation. After all, the student is simply expressing himself, and not the views of his school or the government that funds his school. I don't think that his mentioning God in any way violates the separation of church and state.
654669
Absolutely not. \n\nLet me put it this way. Who's religious belief is right? \n\nIf you can answer that question, then we can have prayer in schools. If not, then you can begin to figure out why there is no prayer in school. \n\nSee, if the state begins to determine what prayers can be prayed in public school, then the state makes an endorsement of a particular religion. From there, the state gets more involved in the politics of religion. \n\nNow, the last thing you want is the government telling you how you should or shouldn't pray, right? \n\nLet me go a step further. Let's say we go with the fact that 90% of Americans believe in God. So, you say "Hey, we can just pray to a generic god. Then nobody's discriminated against." (Except the 10%, of course.)\n\nExcept, praying to a generic god is a sin. You pray to the one true god, otherwise, you're really ticking god off. Besides, Christians are pretty fond of Jesus and would get really ticked at keeping him out of prayers, don't you think?\n\nSo, we have to make a choice. Who's religion is the right one? Well, Christians outnumber everybody else by a wide margin in the US, guess we'll make Christiantiy the de facto religion of the US. (85% of believers are Christians of some form or another in the US. So we take 85% of the 90%)\n\nExcept, which version of Christianity is the right one? Do we have Catholic mass? Do we have have Baptismal hymnals? What about those who refuse to engage in the prayer? Will there be repercussions? (You bet there will be by those who do pray versus those who don't.)\n\nOK. You might say I'm complicating the problem, but I'm not. Essentially, we have a separation of church and state to avoid internal conflict in the country over who's religious belief is the correct one. We also, don't want a government telling us who to worship and how to worship. (Living in a religion dominated society is called, theocracy. See the Middle East for what our lives would be like if we had a church dominated government.)\n\nKeeping prayer out of schools and government allows us to live in a country where we have religious freedom. The freedom to worship as we choose of our own free will.\n\nIn other words nobody is penalized for not being of the "correct" faith. Everybody has the freedom to worship without government oversight and being bullied by social pressures. Nobody is at risk of the majority telling them how to live. \n\nAmerica is about freedom. Freedom from government endorsed religion is a good thing.\n\nHope that makes sense.
577323
Yes.  Religious school.  Public school is government schooling and the government should not promote any partricular relgion or class of religions in any way.  By ensuring that schools carriculums remain secular it empowers parents and loved ones to educate their children on spiritual matters without government interference and preserves our freedom.
455628
There are no good aspects to be argued that support requiring prayer in schools. Schools are public property supported by all taxpayers, and should not be used to proselytize or promote any religion.\n\nIt sounds like your report is supposed to be based on propaganda, not facts.\n\nAnd, if that's the case, make up whatever lies you want since facts aren't of any concern.
725302
Under the First Amendment, the government cannot expend funds to promote any particular religion.  If Christkindlmarket Chicago depends on state funding to conduct the festival, then it was probably the only option.
584459
No.\n\nThe reason we have Freedom of Worship in this country is because the government is prohibited from endorsing any single religion.  That's called the separation of church and state.  As such, the government cannot pay for a faith-based school.\n\nAlso, people who attend private school CHOOSE to attend.  No one is force to pay private tuition fees.  So if a person chooses to go to private school, why should the taxpayers foot the bill?
959478
You have the right to pray in school, but you do not have the right to disrupt the school or class with it, or promote a religion.
384475
No. Religion is seperate from State, and it's not the State's business which religion I belong to.
9746
No. You have misinterpreted the situation.\n\nNo one, not even we die-hard atheists believe that the discussion of god or gods should be taken out of the schools. These myths are of historic importance and some of them continue to shape policy in the world today.\n\nWhat we take umbrage with is prayer or sanctioned religious observance in *public* schools. \n\nFrankly, though, taking your question at face value, I think that almost everyone would have a problem with a school administration that asked or forced students into taking part in sacrifices to Zeus. To step back, that is pretty much how we feel about Jehovah.
988692
It isn't.  Keeping religion out of schools promotes freedom of religion for *everyone*, of every religion and no religion.  It allows people to send their kids to school without worrying about whether they will be indoctrinated with religious beliefs that they don't agree with, presented as if they were facts.  That's why secular schooling is essential for everyone, religious and atheist alike.
578657
If they teach in a religious institution, then yes.  If they teach in a public institution, no.  If they teach in a private school, then they should act in accordance with the school policy.\n\nI have a very simple rule for answering these questions.  I substitute Satanism in for religion and see how I respond since that is also a religion.  Do I want a teacher in a public school talking about his or her devil worship?  No.  Therefore, no to all religious talk in public schools.
13396
Of course not.  Evolution is the study of how man evolved.....not how he was created...Banning this is to leave out a major part of learning knowledge that is  required to continue/progress in the studies of all the sciences relating to beings such as medicine, biology, chemistry etc:  Nothing should be banned in a free society nor beliefs forced upon a person. Also the christian religion should not  be taught (by itself)unless all the other religions of the world are also taught. In a free intelligent society people should be able to choose a belief based on thorough worldly unbiased information. They can still believe in a creator if they wish.
828865
I don't think it'd be a particularly bad thing for there to be a religion course in public schools.  Religion is a huge part of modern society, and to be ignorant of (or worse, prejudiced about!) it is to lack understanding of a key factor in today's world.  You just can't fully understand events in Iran, Saudi Arabia, India, England, Tibet, Israel, France, Norway, the United States, or a myriad of other nations if you don't understand religion.  As for which religions should be taught, it should naturally be all the major ones, not just Christianity.
429285
In some cases, yes. As can be seen with the stem cell debates that started a few years back. \n\nIt isn't just religion though, it is general social standards and responsibilities in general that can determine what is right and what is wrong when it comes to certain research.