May They Do That?

The student body of a public high school votes unanimously in favor of including prayer in the graduation ceremony. The ceremony is held in the school gym. May a student speaker include a prayer?

• Yes

• No

• Maybe

A 10-year-old boy brings a Bible to school to read during free time and independent reading. May he do that?

• Yes

• No

• Maybe

A student sitting in the school cafeteria bows her head and silently says grace before eating her lunch. May she do that?

• Yes

• No

• Maybe

A school sends to each home a letter asking for parents to sign a release form. This consent form would allow schools to give their children's names to Partners in Prayer. The groups members adopt classrooms and pray for students. May the school do that?

• Yes

• No

• Maybe

A large city school system adds a unit on historical developments in religious thought in its world history program. This unit includes teaching about major world religions. May schools do that?

• Yes

• No

• Maybe

Teachers in the English Department of a high school, discovering that students did not understand the allusions found in poetry, added a study of the Bible as literature in its 10th grade program. May the English Department do that?

• Yes

• No

• Maybe

In Pennsylvania and Baltimore schools, authorities require all students to recite the Lord's Prayer. Students are excluded from this activity if parents write a note requesting their son or daughter be excused from the recitation. May the schools require students to recite the Lord's Prayer?

• Yes

• No

• Maybe

The Young Buddhists Club prepares daily announcements and a bulletin board to invite students to Bodhi Day Celebration on December 8th. May they do that?

• Yes

• No

• Maybe

A student in art class draws hands folded in prayer holding rosary beads. The teacher tells her the work in inappropriate for a graded project. May the teacher refuse to allow students to draw or photograph work with religious symbols or items?

• Yes

• No

• Maybe