Today
in Western Civilization we began our PowerPoint for the separation of powers.
We didn’t get far, as we had a long open discussion. Mr. Schick started out by
talking about how the system of balances and checks are still being applied
today that were put into place many years in ago. For example, President Trump’s
actions over banning certain countries from immigrating into the U.S. is being
questioned by Legislation right now, but Trump is being backed by the Judicial
branch. We somehow got into the topic of religion in schools. I think religion
should be allowed if the school is public. However, instead of preaching one
specific religion you could give a religion comparison class, or when telling
kids to pray or whatever else they do to prepare to do so generically. This
would save a lot of trouble when parents freak out saying ‘Oh my gosh, why are
you teaching my child this? My child is ______ religion!’. It’s the people like
this I can’t stand. If someone chooses to practice their religion in front of a
class, just don’t participate. I’ve never heard of a religion that says they
can’t listen to what someone else is saying simply because what the other
person is saying isn’t based off of their religion.
It would be nice if people actually learned about religions other than their own. Not that the intent would be to convert anybody, just to inform them. Then maybe some folks would be - what's the word I'm looking for? - the opposite of intolerant. :)
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