{"id":437335,"date":"2022-04-26T00:41:52","date_gmt":"2022-04-25T21:41:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/is-woke-to-be-the-only-religion-allowed-in-us-public-schools\/"},"modified":"2022-04-26T00:41:52","modified_gmt":"2022-04-25T21:41:52","slug":"is-woke-to-be-the-only-religion-allowed-in-us-public-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/is-woke-to-be-the-only-religion-allowed-in-us-public-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"#Is &#8216;woke&#8217; to be the only religion allowed in US public schools?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3bbf9986123\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3bbf9986123\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/is-woke-to-be-the-only-religion-allowed-in-us-public-schools\/#%E2%80%9CIs_%E2%80%98woke_to_be_the_only_religion_allowed_in_US_public_schools%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Is &#8216;woke&#8217; to be the only religion allowed in US public schools?&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CIs_%E2%80%98woke_to_be_the_only_religion_allowed_in_US_public_schools%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Is &#8216;woke&#8217; to be the only religion allowed in US public schools?&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--columnist inline-module--author\">\n<div class=\"inline-module--author__img\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"76\" height=\"69\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/author-betsy-mccaughey.png?w=76&amp;h=69&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-nyp_columnist size-nyp_columnist\" alt=\"Betsy McCaughey\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/author-betsy-mccaughey.png?w=152 152w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/author-betsy-mccaughey.png?w=114 114w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/author-betsy-mccaughey.png?w=76 76w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/author-betsy-mccaughey.png?w=38 38w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/author-betsy-mccaughey.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 76px) 100vw, 76px\"\/>        <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Over the past 60 years, public schools have been scrubbed of religion, s<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a>ped bare in the name of the US Constitution\u2019s establishment clause, which bars favoring one religion over others. Now the void is being filled by <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a>-justice ideology,\u00a0the left\u2019s\u00a0religion by another name.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Why should traditional religion be discriminated against while teachers and coaches are allowed to proselytize their woke belief system, displaying gay-pride symbols and Black Lives Matter slogans in the classroom? Are children any less at risk of coercion or indoctrination by these ideas presented by authority figures whom they\u2019re eager to please?<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s the inflammatory context for a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/DocketPDF\/21\/21-418\/192354\/20210914133417114_FINAL%20Kennedy%20Cert%20Petition.pdf\">high-school football coach\u2019s<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/DocketPDF\/21\/21-418\/192354\/20210914133417114_FINAL%20Kennedy%20Cert%20Petition.pdf\">appeal to the US Supreme Court,<\/a> which was heard Monday. Joe Kennedy, who coached for the Bremerton School District in Washington state, customarily took a knee and prayed quietly on the 50-yard line after <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>s. Occasionally some players and attendees joined him, though he didn\u2019t call for them to participate and he often prayed alone.<\/p>\n<p>Bremerton officials told him praying within sight of students violated the establishment clause and asked him to go across campus and pray in the janitor\u2019s office.\u00a0Kennedy refused, arguing that would send a message that prayer is bad and must be hidden.\u00a0The refusal cost him his job.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy\u2019s lawyer told the justices Monday that the firing violated the coach\u2019s right to freely practice his religion. Justice Clarence Thomas asked if Kennedy would\u2019ve been fired had he taken a knee to protest racism.\u00a0Justice Samuel Alito queried whether a coach taking a knee to protest the invasion of Ukraine or climate change or another political issue would\u2019ve been fired.<\/p>\n<p>If the reason for the firing is religion, Alito said, that\u2019s unconstitutional discrimination.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/joe-kennedy-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Kennedy said Bremerton School District violated his rights by asking him to not pray publicly after games.\" class=\"wp-image-22031647\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/joe-kennedy-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/joe-kennedy-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/joe-kennedy-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Kennedy said Bremerton School District violated his rights by asking him to not pray publicly after games.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Meegan M. Reid\/Kitsap Sun via AP, File<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Much of the back and forth was over whether the coach\u2019s barely audible prayer amounted to government speech, which can be regulated. Probably not.\u00a0He was praying after the game, when his duties were over, and his words were barely audible even to people close by.<\/p>\n<p>Bremerton School District\u2019s lawyer also tried to argue that students might feel compelled to join in the prayer because the coach is an authority figure and can determine who gets the most playing time. The case could turn on that, though the facts again seem to undermine the argument. Kennedy coached junior-varsity football, and both players who expressed personal reluctance to pray became captains of the JV team nonetheless.<\/p>\n<p>Monday\u2019s oral argument signals the court is poised to welcome more religion in public life, including public schools.\u00a0The question several justices posed again and again: Why should religion be singled out for disfavored treatment compared with other ideas?<\/p>\n<p>That is also the question the justices <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scotusblog.com\/2021\/12\/conservative-justices-scoff-at-maines-exclusion-of-religious-schools-from-tuition-assistance-program\/\">posed during oral arguments Dec. 8 in Carson V. Makin<\/a>.\u00a0Some areas of Maine are so thinly populated that towns can\u2019t afford public high schools. Instead, the state offers tuition assistance for families in these rural areas to send their children to the private schools of their choice. The hitch is state law says they must choose a secular school, not a religious one. Parents sued, challenging the religious-school exclusion.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/joe-kennedy-2.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Justice Clarence Thomas questioned if Kennedy would've been fire if he had taken a knee to protest racism.\" class=\"wp-image-22031673\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/joe-kennedy-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/joe-kennedy-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/joe-kennedy-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Justice Clarence Thomas questioned if Kennedy would\u2019ve been fire if he had taken a knee to protest racism.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Photo by Win McNamee\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If schools that teach religion are ineligible for state money,\u00a0Alito asked,\u00a0are schools that teach critical race theory also ineligible?\u00a0The lawyer for Maine\u2019s school system stammered and confessed he didn\u2019t know.<\/p>\n<p>Alito\u2019s question was on the mark. The\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nea.org\/advocating-for-change\">National Education Association<\/a>\u00a0and the American Federation of Teachers, the most powerful teachers unions, promote a curriculum that stresses transgenderism, white guilt,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aft.org\/news\/connecting-history-racism-today-teaching-1619-project\">the 1619 Project<\/a>\u00a0and other progressive ideologies. But these unions want no part of\u00a0traditional religion. They know religion is the kiss of death for their anti-family-values agenda.\u00a0Both\u00a0unions <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scotusblog.com\/case-files\/cases\/kennedy-v-bremerton-school-district-2\/\">weighed in<\/a> with briefs to the court against Coach Kennedy.<\/p>\n<p>The educational bureaucrats are fast turning public schools into temples of progressivism. Fortunately, the court <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ears on the verge of striking a fairer balance, protecting the rights of teachers who practice traditional religion and the rights of students to be taught by them. Parents should be glad.<\/p>\n<p><em>Betsy McCaughey is a former lieutenant governor of New York.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Twitter:\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Betsy_McCaughey\">@Betsy_McCaughey<\/a><\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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