Nancy by Olivia Jaimes for September 25, 2014

American Public Schools™, ladies and gentlemen :P

You can say them…Just not out loud, and not forcing everyone else to do it!

Prayers are a crutch used by non-thinkers.

What the prayers for the English, History, and Science tests, are they banned now too? Mine were never answered but I just figured I was suppose to learn something from it.

An oldie, but a goodie…

Anyone ever know an atheist who spurned USofA currency because it says IN GOD WE TRUST on it?!?

Private or home school.

As the law exists today, any child, in any school, can say any prayer to any god, any time they want, as long as they don’t interfere with school activities. This is true freedom of religion. Not a teacher led prayer that has been government approved. People who say children aren’t allowed to pray in school are just plain wrong.

I think it’s just a funny strip today. Guess I didn’t realize it’s a political cartoon.

And “WaitingMan” is 100% correct, by the way. So, lighten up and enjoy the humor and artistry.

When I was in kinder garden, 55 years ago, I led the New York version from Romper Room. God is great. God is good. Now, let us thank him for our food. Amen.

It is not freedom of religion UNLESS I can force you to believe in MY God. If you do not accept what I believe as the truth (regardless or your beliefs) I am being persecuted.

I don’t think that has been an item in the news for about 50 years.

As long as a prayer is student-led, it is legal. As WaitingMan said, any child, any prayer, any god. SCOTUS has upheld student prayer, they only banned organized teacher-led prayer.

@The J.A.M.Does that mean that they want to end religion persecution too? Would that stop them from persecuting people who follow a religion by choice?

Wow, Christians sure are angry people, aren’t they? They can even take a cute little joke about math test anxiety and turn it into a tirade about forcing kids in school to believe in their imaginary friend.

I’ve known and continue to meet nice people who happen to be Christians, so I know it’s not all of them who have this complex. Even the author of this strip seems to always appear as happy and positive. And he is proud of his beliefs. It’s a shame that his Christian readers lead such angry and negative lives.

I hadn’t heard about that but am glad that it did happen. As long as it is peaceful, anyone should be allowed to speak to anyone listening.

It could be Al-Qaeda, Christians, Nazis, or whatever. That’s what the First Amendment is all about. Those who try to silence such speech, as ridiculous and hateful as many of us may see it, are traitors to this nation.

That certainly doesn’t mean that these views should be foisted upon impressionable children in a public school. Clearly, any of the three groups I mention and many more are historically significant and should be addressed in the study of history. That perspective should never be suppressed.

There’s a big difference between that and promoting any one of them as the correct philosophy to adopt. We now question why anyone could have ever believed that the world is flat. But it is a part of our history. Although the philosophies of militant Islamic groups, Christians, etc. are current, they will at some point be an essential topic to understand historically.

Perspective, people. Let’s hold onto perspective. And that First Amendment. It was a good idea over 200 years ago and is still a good idea.

Wow, Guy! You really got them talking today!

Good job Guy it is your strip and no one forces any one to read it. Still a free country so far but going down hill fast.

There is no law against praying in school. In the U.S., anyone can pray anywhere, anytime, in any manner they choose. What the Supreme Court said was simply that no government agency can write a prayer and force the people under its jurisdiction to recite that prayer.