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In reply to the discussion: My son was forced to pray at a school-sponsored event; sucks to be agnostic in a Christian culture [View all]jberryhill
(62,444 posts)I have already said it was inappropriate and wrong.
If you were asking about the particular circumstances described in the OP, then I don't know why you would ask if I thought it was okay. I already said it was not okay upthread.
I was under the impression that the question you posed in this subthread was a broader general question of whether a coach, under any circumstances, could or could not pray with students.
So, no, the circumstances described in the OP are clearly well over the line, wrong, and indefensible. If your question is whether there are any circumstances under which a teacher/coach may pray with students, there certainly are.
Your question was "So school coaches are allowed to pray with students before games?" That's a broad, general question. Let's say a team is at an away game in a distant city. Arguably, the coach is in his supervisory capacity at all times. However, if prior to the time that any of the students are required to be attending a pre-match coaching session or otherwise engaged in the activity, the coach can certainly pray and do so with any students who desire to do so.