# prayer in schools again

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prayer-in-schools-again/30763>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [August 25, 2000, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prayer-in-schools-again/30763 "2000-08-25T20:45:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![labdude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5fc32e/32.png) [@labdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/labdude)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2000, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prayer-in-schools-again/30763/21 "2000-08-29T00:23:37Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Surgoshan \*  
> \*\*Beth, hush.
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> Vanilla, it’s called the Bible Belt mostly because it’s a swath of fundamental Christianity. You’re more likely to encounter fundamentalists and things like “Car Wash and Prayer” or “Christian Auto Center” in that region of the states. So, Bible because it’s very Christian, Belt because it’s a swath with pretty definite boundaries (The M-D line to the North and the Gulf of Mexico to the South).
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> Planned, unplanned, prepared, spontaneous prayer? \*\*

I just want to note that there are a few places in the bible belt that don’t fit into the general mold. New Orleans, and Miami come to mind. As well as the Catholic Cajun French parishes of south central louisiana. Although we still have lots of bible belt type persons.

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**Author:** ![Just\_Ed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Just\_Ed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Ed)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2000, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prayer-in-schools-again/30763/22 "2000-08-29T01:33:41Z")

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> \*Originally posted by ren \*  
> Now, what _I_ really wanna see is some “unplanned, spontaneous prayer” breaking out to Thank God we just lost the Big Game. That would certainly be novel.

“Yeah, we were doin’ fine until **Jesus** made me fumble!”

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**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2000, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prayer-in-schools-again/30763/23 "2000-08-29T02:17:31Z")

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What drives me nuts is people who say prayer has been taken out of schools or that praying in school is illegal. You can pray in your head whenever you want to whoever (or whatever) you want. You could probably pray out loud as long as you weren’t disturbing class or something. But a coach/teacher shouldn’t lead the prayer, it shouldn’t be read over a PA to everyone, etc.

And speaking of “blasphemous” movies, check out Dogma sometime. Absolutely hilarious, right down to the “disclaimer” in the beginning.

BTW, The Onion once did a story titled “Star Basketball Player Blames Jesus For Loss”.

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