The Supreme Court has ruled that a public school was wrong to punish its coach for praying on school grounds after sports games. The Constitutional right to religious expression has once again been upheld.
Once upon a time when I was in fifth grade (yep that was decade(s) ago), my homeroom teacher, a devoted Christian, used to have the entire class say a prayer every morning in school. In those days, no one had strong feelings on either side over this teacher’s action. But of course, nowadays such practice is no longer permitted because in recent decades, the courts have gradually imposed much limits on religious activities in public schools.
As for the individual, similar to the sports coach in this case, his or her right to religious expression should rightly be protected. I couldn’t agree more: People’s religious choice and its expression should always be respected. The only caveat is that the religion must pose no harm to others ie, that the religion preaches acts of kindness rather than acts of violence.
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