Re: Making money from Java

> But telling my children they *can't* pray in public school is most definitely dictatorial,

Why do they want to pray in school ? There are plenty of places that
are specifically reserved for such practices. I don't want to play
football in a church bit I don't think it dictatorial that I would be
told not to.

In any case there is no restriction on praying, just on organised
praying. If a child wants to quietly close their eyes and pray then I
doubt that anyone is doing mind-reading.

> even denied the right to pray over their food before eating!

Actually I think that was related to making _everyone_ 'pray over their
food before eating'. In other words it wasn't just that individuals did
something in their own way quietly in their own corner, but they tried
to impose it as a ceremony on the whole school.

"""Students can pray, even in schools if they choose to do so. They can
pray during lunch-breaks, walking or being transported to and from the
school, and of course, during their free time. School prayer advocates
know this; but the real purpose of the prayer-in-school movement is to
either coerce everyone into joining in prayer and religious ritual, or
having official government sanction of religion. That is clearly wrong,
a violation of the separation of government and religion."""

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