>>"Free exercise" is FREE exercise, for either or the student or the staff. The Bill of Rights didn't mention any exceptions based on the individual's employer.
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>There are lots of things an employee is constitutionally entitled to do that he can't do at work.
>And, for that matter, the teacher's allowed to pray in school, too, just not to lead the students in prayer.
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>>As the 12 year old girl who was expelled from school for reading the Bible while she was riding on the school bus if she thinks she has freedom to exercise her religion.
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>FWIW, I think the authorities in question were wrong. Since you're the only person I've heard mention this case, can you give me a link to check it out.
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>Tamar

It wasn't an internet story, it was from the Dallas (Morning ?) News paper, about 4 or 5 years ago. There may be references to it, and similar stories on the web, but I haven't searched for them. Her parents took them to court and won the first case, lost the appeal, but won the Supreme Court, if I remember correctly, but how many can or will do that? A similar series of court cases envolved praying around the flag pole, having Bible study in class rooms after hours (even though other groups, some religious in nature were allowed to, Christian groups were singled out as 'prohibited'), and the list goes on. Each 'free exercise' of religion (guaranteed by the 1st Amendment) wasn't allowed unless someone had the money and time to fight the facists, and win in court. How many prohibitions of rights granted in the 1st amendment do we not hear of? I suspect they are like cockroaches, if you see one in the daylight that probably means there are dozens you can't see.