I was raised as an atheist in the south, and was subjected to teacher-led Christian prayers every morning. It was a source of significant confusion and unhappiness for me.
Chris, if you had your way, would citizen-representatives of the atheist view on religion be able to present their texts to the children, too, or only those of theists? Let's say, might we be also regularly scheduled to read to the children, from the essays of Jeremy Bentham, John Stuart Mill, Bertrand Russell, H.L. Mencken, and similar thinkers, writers and 'free thought' philosophers?
or would only those with your views be able to stand at the podium mornings? |
