Religion in our schools and in our politics has been a big issue since the writing of the Constitution. Some things never change. There has always been the Religious Right saying that this is a Christian nation with Christian values and we should have a Christian government.
There have also been those on the other side, who have said, according to the First Amendment, that is not true. They have always held firm the belief of separation of church and state.
I think I hold a middle ground position. I agree that religion and government should not mix. I think that in a country where you have the right to believe whatever you want you should not be forced to do things like pray in school against your will. I think this is one of our most important rights. And yet lately I see a different turn of events. Instead of people speaking out against being forced to practice a religion they don’t believe in, it seems that religion is being taken away from people who do believe.
I think all politicians and other such figures are entitled to be religious. If President George W. Bush is a strongly religious man and wants to speak on the subject of God because that is his belief, then let him. So long as he is not basing government policy on his belief in the church, it doesn’t hurt anyone.
If Rob Page thinks that, in his personal opinion, Christian schools are better than public, then that is his opinion. Again as long as he doesn’t base policy on that belief what is the problem?
I personally believe I got a better education through the Catholic school I attended. I used books in the Seventh and Eighth Grade that public schools were not using till Ninth or Tenth.
People have a right to not be forced into a religion in this great country, but they also have a right to believe and worship and hold personal viewpoints without being attacked.