“As if they weren't busy enough at this time of year, local schools across Texas are struggling through a legal minefield laid by legislators in Austin last spring. ... The mandate comes in HB 3678, which supporters claimed would protect the right of students to express their religious views in public schools. Sadly, the law is a lesson in what happens when elected officials play politics with the religious faith of families and their children.”
Ed Cognoski responds:The law was designed to get official, public prayer re-introduced into the school programs. Backers promised that it would clarify the law and reduce lawsuits. It will likely do neither. The ironic conclusion will come when the Christian evangelicals discover that it's not just prayers to Jesus that their children will be forced to participate in. Christian evangelicals had a fit this year when a Hindu led a prayer in the US Senate and when a Muslim said a prayer in the Texas Legislature. Wait until it's their children who have to show the same tolerance in school.
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