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Originally Posted by Sirius
I was always of the opinion that schools are there to educate so why have prayers at assembly what is the point of prayers at assembly ?
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Because, in the broadest sense, the school should reflect the community it serves and not be co-opted as an agent of change. The law about acts of worship was put in place in order to prevent schools becoming a place where liberal hand-wringers could try to exert a secularising influence on society.
Of course, if society has changed, there then is an argument for the law to change. But changes should follow society, not lead it, and should not be rushed, as the temporary ebb and flow of fashion is not the same thing as deep, permanent change in cultural attitudes to religion.