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Originally Posted by flamesfever
I recall, when my wife was teaching grade two, a parent came in to complain about a song / prayer my wife had made up for the children to sing before class began each day. I believe he may have been a JW.
She sang it to the parent and asked him if he had any objection, and he said "No" and left.
The song went:
"It's time to begin our day
Be near us Lord we pray
Help us always do what you'd want us to
Whether here, or at home, or at play"
Perhaps some of the atheists here would object.
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If this was my child's class at a public school, then yes I would object. Why is it okay for your wife to require my child to sing a song about God? If your child had a Hindu teacher would you be happy if that teacher required the children to sing a prayer to Ganesh every morning?
Now before we completely derail this thread... A couple of points, I am an atheist (more or less), I went to both public and catholic schools all the way through school. In my public high school in Ontario, we had a morning reading along with the national anthem. The morning reading rotated among bible passages, readings from the B'hai, readings from the Buddha, the Qu'ran, and various other philosophies and religions. I do not object to this approach because it was about exposing us to the tenets of various belief systems, and it was a matter of listening, not reciting.