Groucho wrote:
"I'm old enough to remember when religion was taught at home, so as not to give the appearance of a government-run institution promoting one religion over another."
I'm old enough to remember when each schoolday began with the Lord's Prayer.
And that was (and would be again) perfectly fine with me.
I'll take flak for posting this, but Western government absolutely SHOULD be "promoting one religion over the others". And it ALSO should be doing everything possible to drive another "religion" out of the country altogether.
And that's why this:
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
Should be changed to this (note new text):
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. The followers of muhammed and the followers of marx are specifically excluded and denied the protections of this amendment along with any and all other Constitutional protections. Neither the United States nor the Several States will offer such protections or liberties to the followers of muhammed or to the followers of marx."
I understand that the firewall between Church and state wasn't there to keep a religion out of politics, but politics out of a religion.
Schools had prayer, and the 10 commandments on the wall, but those days are gone.
Okay, fine, be gone, but don't start adding other religions if you aren't going to include Christianity and Judaism.
Do we then add Taoist, Buddhist, Hinduism, Wiccanism, Satanism, Rastafarianism, etc?
No, learn it on Sunday, or the Sabbath, etc, at places of worship.
Let public schools focus on reading, writing and STEM stuff.
(we should MAKE them focus on reading, writing and STEM stuff, in my opinion, its our tax dollars!).
The parochial schools?
Well that is private money, let them do what they do.