My kids elementary school had Christ for Kids before school every Thursday. I imagine if they wanted my kids could start a daily meditation before school as well. In fact it was parent led. And I am ok with that.
Not sure why a coach has to get all the kids together to pray to god. He can take a moment to do it in his head, I assume god would still hear it.
Yes, and they do. FCA, Meet at the Pole, all kinds of stuff. It's just not supposed to be led by school officials or sponsored by the school. Kids can pray whenever the hell they want and, in fact, we have Muslim kids at my school where we make accommodations for them to have a space for their daily prayers. The lines are blurred, too, in my opinion, especially in the South.
Did the school not want to allow another religion access, this had to kill all access? That is the only reason I can think this is true.
We have it in our school library and many schools do the same. I find it dubious on a legal level for them to do it, but no one really ever challenges it.
Where? There is, either, more to the story than simply praying or the kids have a case for 1st amendment violations.
Link me. Free lawsuit money if true. I know that's false in every school with an FCA. Definitely false for my school where we were forced to do extra work if we declined to attend a crusade in the park across the street (the school lost a lawsuit on that later). I find it impossible to believe saying "bless you" would lead to a suspension. Back that up.
