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Anyone living in Illinois with an opinion on the Moment of Silence legislation?
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October 15th, 2007
Effective today, every school in Illinois is required to have a moment of silence.
Students from kindergarten through high school will be allowed to silently pray in whatever faith they practice or simply sit and reflect quietly. Illinois teachers and students have had the option of doing so since 2002, but it wasn’t mandated.
The Illinois House voted to override Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s late August veto of the silent-moment measure. The governor cited concerns about the separation of church and state.
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Personally, I think this legislation is unfair to those students who do not practice any faith and does cross bounds in the context of separation of church and state. What do you think?
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