We ask why there is violence in our schools, but we have systematically removed God from our schools.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
We have taken God out of our education system. We have taken Him out of government. You have lawyers that sue you every time you mention the name of Jesus Christ in any public forum.
In America our public schools are intended to be religiously neutral. Our teachers and schools are neither to endorse nor to inhibit religion. I believe this is a very good thing.
We should not permit prayer to be taken out of the schools; that's the only way most of us got through.
It's hard to say whether the general incidence of school violence of all types is increasing or not.
This issue is whether or not our government should be infusing religion into (schools).
Well I've been crystal clear that we should not have schools which are set up by extremists whether they're Christian fundamentalists, Islamic fundamentalists or any other sort of outrageous and beyond the pale organization.
We've got to look to our educational programs and focus on doing what we can to stem violence in the schools.
I'm absolutely confident that the God that I worship abhors violence.
We don't need mandatory, non-sectarian prayers read over the loudspeaker to 'put God back in schools.' God never left the schools. God is still at work through the hundreds of thousands of gifted teachers and administrators, committed parents, and passionate volunteers who seek to help give our children 'a future with hope.'
I told the students that we can exert pressure without resorting to violence, and that we can move towards democracy without violence; that way, God will allow it.