[Magdalen] Kaddish [was Re: RIP Leonard Nimoy

[Jay Weigel]

Definitely no prayer in the public schools of Madison, Wisconsin. I don't
think it would have gone over at all well. Even when I was a child it was
the People's Republic of Madison ;-> I don't recall praying in kindergarten
in Lincoln, Nebraska, either. When I was in high school there was a
school-wide assembly with a motivational speaker who turned out to be
Christian-based. Hell was raised, and it began with the students, not the
parents. This was in 1959, IIRC.

On Sunday, March 1, 2015, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:

> I remember the Pledge of Allegiance and the Lord's Prayer beginning the
> school day when I was in elementary school. Now, we moved a lot, so I can't
> say for sure that that was true at every school I attended--though I know
> the Pledge was--but in my memory the two always occur together.
> In high school it was the Pledge, led over the PA system from the office,
> and a "Thought for the Day" and then the morning announcements. A friend
> and I provided the "Thought..." And had great times selecting them. But
> they were not sectarian at all.
> By the time I was teaching, we had the Pledge and a moment of silence.
>
> But there are still a lot of folks out there who think the reason our
> country is in the mess it's in is because we took prayer out of schools!
> All we have to is put prayer back in the schools, and.......Voila!!
>
> > On Mar 1, 2015, at 4:20 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
> magdalen at herberthouse.org <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 3/1/2015 3:57:33 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> > michaudme at gmail.com <javascript:;> writes:
> >
> > morning  recitation of the Lord's Prayer (yes, we used to
> > recite at the beginning of  the school day in the public schools).>>>>>
> >
> > I hear of this sort of thing from time to time.  All I can say is  that
> > in the schools of NW Wisconsin in the 40's-50's, there was not the
> > slightest hint of sectarianism.  This includes absolutely no  praying
> > of any kind/faith.
> >
> > I thought this was a general rule in the public schools of the Upper
> > Midwest USA, but every time I make such a statement, someone comes
> > out of the woodwork and refutes it.  So I will only say in the schools
> of
> > my home area non-sectarianism was the rule.
> >
> > IMHO this ought to be a general USA rule, but then I've had people
> > claim that I'm anti-prayer making such a statement.
> >
> > I've been accused of being anti-prayer right here in river city, PA.
> >
> > When I recognized an increasingly long typical Methodist  "Pastoral
> > Prayer" (10 minutes+!) in the local TEC at the beginning of each
> > sermon, I suggested the priest put those prayer concerns in "The
> Prayers of
> > the People", and free up some more time for preaching at which he
> > was quite good.
> >
> > The Pastoral Prayers ceased, but he spread the rumor that I was
> > "anti-prayer" in the parish.
> >
> > If I'd wanted lengthy Pastoral Prayers, I would have remained a
> Methodist!
> >
> >
> >
> > David Strang.
>