You Know That Small Amount of Religion Existing in Public Schools? Well it’s Slowly Fading Away.

The existence and magnitude of religion in public schools is one of the most difficult and complex issues faced when it comes to the dividing of church and state. From the very beginning of the United States as a nation, religion has been a significant component in American society. As time progresses, it seems that people start to forget that about our country or they are simply starting to care less.

According to the United States Religious Landscape Survey, about 78% of Americans in today’s society claim Christianity as their religion, 5% claim other religions and, 16% claim to be unaffiliated with a religion. According to these statistics, it is clear that a significant amount of Americans are still religious today, and most of them are Christians. If this is the case, then why have people been fighting tooth and nail recently about taking the requirement to say the Pledge of Allegiance, out of America’s public schools? People seem to be “uncomfortable” with the section of the pledge that mentions God and believe that their children should not be exposed to feeling forced to recite something of this nature. When in reality, the Pledge of Allegiance does not stand for anything to do with religion; it stands for America and our freedom.

On another note, these same parents that gripe and complain about their children feeling forced to say the Pledge of Allegiance, seem to fully support the vacations that their children receive off of school for CHRISTIAN HOLIDAYS! Let’s take Christmas for example. Traditionally, public schools in America have, in the past, been very definitive in their celebration of the Christmas season. Recently, since all of the complaints toward public schools regarding Christianity have come forth, this significant time off of school is now referred to with titles such as “winter break” or “winter holiday”. So now it’s okay to celebrate this “time off of school” as some see it, simply because the title was forcibly changed? I guess my point in saying all of this is that I, as a Christian, feel saddened by the progressing disappearance of any and every single trace of such an important aspect of our country’s foundation, which is religion and particularly speaking, Christianity.