{"id":2638,"date":"2019-12-29T10:10:09","date_gmt":"2019-12-29T15:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/?p=2638"},"modified":"2019-12-29T10:10:13","modified_gmt":"2019-12-29T15:10:13","slug":"school-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/index.php\/2019\/12\/29\/school-prayer\/","title":{"rendered":"School Prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Leave it to Beaver<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Like almost every other aspect of American culture, America\u2019s religious participation is changing.&nbsp;&nbsp;It used to be that religious \u201cdiversity\u201d in the United States was Catholic, Protestant, and a few Jews. Back then; most Americans claimed some religious affiliation, with the vast majority Christian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was easy in that \u201cLeave it to Beaver\u201d time to believe that the United States was a land of religious freedom.&nbsp;&nbsp;The teachers in elementary schools said generic Christian prayers at the beginning of the school day and at lunch and told Bible stories in class.&nbsp;&nbsp;Christmas decorations and Easter bunnies were all part of the bulletin board displays.&nbsp;&nbsp;And when a few parents who might be Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses or Jewish objected, teachers took pride in the fact they \u201callowed\u201d those students not to participate.&nbsp;&nbsp;That was freedom of religion.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">School Prayer<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But, of course, it wasn\u2019t.&nbsp;&nbsp;And when fifty-six years ago the Supreme Court ruled that public schools could not advocate for any particular religion in the course of official duties, folks were outraged.&nbsp;&nbsp;How would our children learn morals if they couldn\u2019t pray before school, or the game?&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I was in third grade when the teacher led prayers stopped.&nbsp;&nbsp;They no longer had Bible study classes either, though students were still allowed to walk down to the Episcopal Church during school time.&nbsp;&nbsp;But prayer didn\u2019t stop in schools.&nbsp;&nbsp;Kids prayed all the time, for better test scores, to not get caught, that the Principal\u2019s arm might be tired before the paddling.&nbsp;&nbsp;I presume teachers prayed as well, but they didn\u2019t lead students in prayer anymore.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Locker Room<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That is, except in the \u201csanctity\u201d of the locker room.&nbsp;&nbsp;Like Vegas, what went on there stayed there.&nbsp;&nbsp;The coaches might swear, they might physically confront athletes, and they might pray with the team.&nbsp;&nbsp;Of course they didn\u2019t pray for victory, at least, not officially. No, only that the team would play to it\u2019s best, and no one would be injured.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So the Jewish, Atheist, and Muslim kids knelt in the big \u201chuddle\u201d and bowed their heads as the words were intoned \u201c\u2026in Jesus\u2019s name we pray\u201d.&nbsp;&nbsp;And those kids who didn\u2019t have religious beliefs \u2013 well the hope was their exposure to prayer would bring them to an epiphany.&nbsp;&nbsp;It was about something those kids wanted badly: athletic success, playing time, \u201cput me in Coach\u201d.&nbsp;&nbsp;Prayer becomes a kind of a \u201cquid pro quo\u201d. By praying, maybe the Coach leading the prayer would gain confidence.&nbsp;&nbsp;Refuse to pray, and for sure it will be time to sit the bench.&nbsp;&nbsp;Who wants to anger the one person who controls everything that\u2019s important?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Different America<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">America is changing.&nbsp;&nbsp;Today only 43% of Americans identify as white and Christian, down from 81% forty-three years ago (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prri.org\/research\/american-religious-landscape-christian-religiously-unaffiliated\/\">PRRI<\/a>). 24% of Americans identify as \u201cunaffiliated\u201d, and 10% believe in a non-Christian faith.&nbsp;&nbsp;It\u2019s religion, but it&#8217;s also race, as America moves to a minority \u201cwhite\u201d nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And those changes are causing a rise in fear for many white Protestants.\u00a0\u00a0They fear that their \u201crights\u201d will be taken away.\u00a0\u00a0It\u2019s a fear that whites and specifically white males have felt before.\u00a0\u00a0The privileges that they assumed were fundamentally entitled rights  back in \u201cBeaver\u201d times are gone, and they\u2019ve become \u201cthe victims\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Public School Coach<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a high school track and cross-country coach, I always led my teams in a \u201ctalk\u201d before competition.&nbsp;&nbsp;It wasn\u2019t religious, and it wasn\u2019t even usually technical.&nbsp;&nbsp;Our \u201chuddle\u201d was to focus on the \u201cjob\u201d of the day, and to encourage support for each other.&nbsp;&nbsp;In some years, some team members wanted to pray before competition, and did.&nbsp;&nbsp;Other team members didn\u2019t feel comfortable with that, and they didn\u2019t.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the Coach, my goal was for each of my team members to begin competition physically and mentally prepared.&nbsp;&nbsp;We had our team \u201critual\u201d and each athlete had his or her individual ones as well.&nbsp;&nbsp;If prayer was part of that individual ritual, I made sure there was time for that.&nbsp;&nbsp;But it wasn\u2019t a Coach-thing.&nbsp;&nbsp;It was an athlete thing, their choice, and their belief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">En Loco Parentis<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But in our rapidly changing society, there are those who feel entitled to push their religious beliefs on others.&nbsp;&nbsp;They claim it is \u201ctradition\u201d or \u201ctheir religious freedom\u201d.&nbsp;&nbsp;As public school teachers, coaches, and administrators, it\u2019s easy for them to forget that they represent \u201cThe Government,\u201d not the old no-longer majority religious view.&nbsp;&nbsp;\u201cThe Government,\u201d is restricted by the First Amendment phrase: \u201c\u2026shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof\u2026\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When the public school Coach leads a team in prayer, that person represents all of us.\u00a0\u00a0He or she stands \u201cen loco parentis,\u201d in place of the parents.\u00a0\u00a0That position doesn\u2019t allow for a religious obligation, and the Constitution prevents a religion being \u201cestablished\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0Public education is required to abstain from religious education, because parents really do have the right to choose their children\u2019s religious education.\u00a0\u00a0It\u2019s not up to the Coach, or the teacher, or the government, no matter what they did back in \u201cBeaver\u201d times.\u00a0\u00a0Leading prayer is not an entitlement of a public school adult.\u00a0\u00a0Freedom to choose religion is an entitlement of the children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Privilege Lost<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But to many, if feels like they\u2019ve \u201clost something\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0They used to be able to impose their religion on everyone, in the \u201cBeaver\u201d times.\u00a0\u00a0Now, they can\u2019t.\u00a0\u00a0So they feel that they\u2019ve lost a \u201cright,\u201d the right to lead others to their religion.\u00a0\u00a0And that\u2019s not true either. Everyone has the right to their religion, and even the right to proselytize their beliefs.\u00a0\u00a0They can stand of the street corner and preach, they can wear religious symbols, they can attend the church, synagogue, mosque or meeting of their choice.\u00a0\u00a0What they can\u2019t do, and what they shouldn\u2019t have been able to do in back then either; is to use the \u201cbully pulpit\u201d provided by government school employment to recruit or indoctrinate young people in &#8220;their&#8221; religion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That\u2019s the kids\u2019 choice, and the parents\u2019 choice.&nbsp;&nbsp;It\u2019s not the government\u2019s.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leave it to Beaver Like almost every other aspect of American culture, America\u2019s religious participation is changing.&nbsp;&nbsp;It used to be that religious \u201cdiversity\u201d in the United States was Catholic, Protestant, and a few Jews. Back then; most Americans claimed some religious affiliation, with the vast majority Christian. 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