You Can Pray at School!
Do not let anyone tell you that Prayer is not allowed in schools. That could not be further from the truth.
According to the first admendment of the US consitution, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof..."
This means:
B)No one can stop you from willingly practicing your own religion on any property.
C)Any one, no matter who it is, who does either, is breaking the constitution. They are probably doing so in ignorance. I suggest you write them a polite letter explaning to them calmly and rationally what the above quote means. If you are ignored, keeping going to higher authorities until you get heard.
D)You have a right to petition authorties at your school to start a religous organization on campus as long as it does not meet during school hours and the school does not endorse it over any other religious organizations. Most schools require a supervising faculty member present at all organization meetings. This faculty member, under the school policies that I am aware of, is not allowed to participate in any of the activities. When I was in high school, some of my friends and I did just this, and the principal okayed our petition.
E)You can choose to pray during school hours as long as you are not causing a disruption or bodily harm. Although, to warn you, out-loud prayers will be taken by most teachers as talking and treated accordingly. If your teacher has a no talking rule, the same goes for praying out loud.
F)If you are planning to sacrifice a virgin (if you are, you need help, I'm sorry!), don't. Religous practices that cause physical or emotional harm are excluded from the consitutional protection, due to Mill's harm principle.
G)Some people believe we should deny authority figures their rights in A an B because that could be viewed by some as a government endorsement. They include public school faculty members on their list. I think this is obsurd, particularly since these people specifically target theists.
H)These same people believe it is perfectly fine that most public school teachers teach from a Humanistic (the dominant religion of today) perspective. Note, these are the people that won the case that stopped the public schools from teaching from a christian perspective (the dominant religion of that time). They are hypocrites and their arguments illogical.
I)As long as public schools are considered under the authority of the first admendment of the constiution (which doesn't even mention public schools!), it will continue to be illegal to teach from ANY religious or philosophical perspective with religious implications.