Chicagoist: Silence Is Golden?

guest

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 11:54:10 -0600

Why do kids need this at school? Can't they get this at home? I love how dumbass religious types pretend that Christainity is under seige--and make no mistake, this is a idea to spread prayer in public schools--when NO ONE is limiting one's right to go to church or pray or say oaths to that bad-ass Jesus motherfucker on non-school time. Can't we all just grow up and say NO to silly superstitions already? And the decline of America continues ....

TonyB

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 11:23:47 -0600

Guest #6 - You're right - but nobody should MANDATE that you need to take that moment of silence. It's just a backdoor way to get prayer in school.

Benjy Lipsman

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 11:13:12 -0600

If they're going to institute a quasi-religious moment into the school day, can churches at least return the favor and add a brief algebra lesson before prayers?

guest

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 10:51:58 -0600

All the comments just go to show what an ass-backwards state Illinois is. Other states have passed these laws decades ago. It's a good law, individual students have the freedom to pray, meditate, relax or just shut the fuck up for a moment to start the day.

Spook

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 09:25:10 -0600

Thanks for the WBEZ liberal Goo Gooo logic that their is a a difference between a Washington Democrat and an Illinois/Chicago one. I don't expect you to be able to logically explain this. Any way, its good that Chicagoist are looking deeper into Illinois ethnic politics than Stroger, Jesse Jr, etc. Rep Monique Davis D ( D for dumb) is another representative of all that's wrong in the African America community in chaos. She is nothing but a shrill voice who represents herself as a "Mau Mau" on the surface, but is just another poverty pimpstress. And the fact that she is a former public school teacher, only adds a footenote of the ironic and stupid.

sparky

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 09:18:16 -0600

Cutting into learning time is a ridiculous arguement for the people against this, but why mandate this? Is there not adequate time in homeroom/recess or before class between bells for reflection/prayer? If a child decides to giggle or talk during that moment of silence, how is that enforced by a teacher? Do they have a longer moment of silence? Does the child get in trouble? This is just another way to bring religion into public schools. If I were a teacher, I wouldn't have a moment of silence. It's stupid and pointless. I think this was created to appease the Christian voters. But, this is a state that also has prayers in Chicago City Council meetings. It doesn't suprise me.

Dan Boland

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 09:05:24 -0600

Sure, this is a dumb bill, but so what? I grew up in Virginia, and we had a moment of silence every day during the morning announcements. It lasted all of about 5 seconds (or 1/720th of an hour). So "it cuts into learning time" is a stupid argument. And a moment of silence does not constitute state-sponsored religion. That's equally ridiculous.

j_am

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 09:02:02 -0600

I'm just so glad to see the legislature focusing on *important* issues for once.

guest

Thu, 11 Oct 2007 20:05:53 -0600

That's just super! Will people *please* wake up and realize there is a difference between a Washington Democrat and an Illinois/Chicago one and stop reflexively voting for the person with a "D" after their name?? Since there are no penalties, we should write our local school boards and principals and ask them to please ignore this ridiculous mandate.