Prayer Rugs In Public Schools

Christian teachers became upset when muslim students began praying during class at parkdale high school in riverdale maryland.

Prayer rugs in public schools.

Schools are forbidden from initiating or sponsoring religious activities including prayer but religious groups are permitted to meet on school grounds after school and students can pray to. Organized prayer in the public school setting whether in the classroom or at a school sponsored event is unconstitutional. Many articles about muslim students praying link to a 2013 christian post article about school prayer in dearborn michigan that incorrectly claims the u s. Do you support prayer in public schools.

It s illegal for christians to pray in public school according to the u s. But students are allowed to meet and pray on school grounds. The students also had to make an islamic prayer rug as a homework assignment according to wagner who said lessons like that don t belong in public schools. Logan told the students that public schools were not allowed to participate in religion practices during class.

Supreme court banned school sponsored prayer in public schools in a 1962 decision saying that it violated the first amendment. Prayer in public schools.