Voice of the People

The Christian Perspective 

My Neighbor  - Buddhism

I had an opportunity to interview a Caucasian couple that practices Buddhism. This couple had one child who attended public school for his high school years. During this interview the discussion was focused on how the couple felt about bringing prayer back to the schools. The couple was not familiar with the law that was passed about taking prayer out of the schools. I explained the history of how and why prayer was remove from public schools. Once the history was explained the couple was reluctant to voice their opinion about the topic we were discussing. After a while the couple agreed that prayer should be reinstated in the schools. The couple felt that it is needed to put prayer back into public schools.

My Resident - Islam

Another opportunity I had was to interview a single mom with three children, who practice Islam faith.  When the question of what she thought about reinstating prayer back in the school. The single mother agreed that there should be a moment of silence for prayer in schools, because that mean anyone could prayer to their own higher begin or who they believe in. She also suggested that prayer could help the children stay focused better.  She made a remark that every child needs to have a sense of faith to believe in.  These were some of her reason why prayer should be reinstated.