Indiana lawmaker pushing for schools to require daily prayer [View all]

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Raw Story

Indiana lawmaker pushing for schools to require daily prayer
By Arturo Garcia
Friday, January 4, 2013 14:44 EST


The Indiana state senator who lost his bid for creationism to be part of public education is now proposing that schools have the option of engaging in a daily Christian prayer.

According to The Indianapolis Star, state Sen. Dennis Kruse (R) has filed a bill allowing school districts to make recitation of the Lord’s Prayer a daily requirement, while allowing individual students to decline.

However, the bill has already been shuffled off to the state Senate’s rules and legislative procedure committee by President Pro Tempore Sen. David Long (R), who told the newspaper his instincts thought it was unconstitutional. Long also said he believed Kruse, who chairs the group’s Education and Career Development Committee, intended the bill to make a statement.

If so, it’s a statement that was troubling to Andrew Seidel, a staff attorney for the Freedom From Religion Foundation, who called the bill “blatantly unconstitutional,” pointing out that students already have the right to individual prayer.

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/01/04/indiana-lawmaker-pushing-for-schools-to-require-daily-prayer/

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