It's all about God

[andrewducker]

ciphergoth pointed me at the piece here on mandatory school prayer (still a legal requirement in the UK).

[Poll #1396727]

The train of thought presumably goes like this:
1) Children should be trained to do the morally correct thing until they are old enough to make their own decisions.
2) Praying to God is the morally right thing to do.
Therefore) Children should be trained to pray.

I can't see that lasting much longer, when the majority don't believe (2).

Comments

[bohemiancoast.livejournal.com]

It's meaningless without the current guidance, which now clarifies that 51% of assemblies should have 'broadly Christian character' -- and then goes on to explain that discussions of virtues which are typical of Christianity count. So if you get people in a room and talk about giving cans of soup to old people, that will do, no discussion of actual religion required. So. Harmless. If your child at one of the few schools that actually requires prayer, then discussion with the governors is probably the way to go.