Football Coach Prayers Not Answered

The View talks about a current issue that has been going on since 2008 in this link. 

     Coach Kennedy from Washington would pray before and after his football games for the safety of his players and for their ability to play the game. It started off as him praying alone with his eyes closed and his players would voluntarily join him.
     Once his school district discovered this, they wrote him a letter forbidding him to pray before or after his football games.
    The View discussion
     In our class we learned about the Constitutional rights when it comes to religion. I believe that the school district didn't have a right to forbid him from doing this because it breaks the free-exercise clause in the Constitution. We as individuals are able to practice our own religions and their practices. By saying that this coach can't do so, is breaking the law. The students joined voluntarily, so he wasn't forcing anything. I can see how people would agree with the school district because the players may feel obligated to do so in fear of being judged by their peers, but they also need to realize that there is peer pressure everywhere in life. Why not figure it out when you're with people who will support you? They have to find when they can stand up for what they do or do not believe it.
     This article shows that America is still bending the rules of the Constitution when it comes to religion. There are so many times when people are unable to exercise their religion because of what the government thinks.

Jewish and Catholic Immigration

     Over the course of American history, various religious groups immigrated to our country. The two largest groups that we have learned about in our class have been the Jews and Catholics.

   

Women in Religion

     I found an article in Time magazine entitled "How Religious Women can Fix Sexual Politics" by Phyllis W. Curott. I found this to be one of the most stimulation articles involving religion this whole semester.

Catholicism in Our Modern Age

I read two articles on the same event but from two different new sources. One is from the Global Catholic Network News and the other from Eye Witness News, a channel in Chicago, Illinois. Both of the articles cover the story of a Chicago shrine that burned down October 7, 2015.

I found it interesting to see how the stories differed even though they discussed the same event. The GCN discussed more of the tragic affect the fire had on it's community and didn't focus much on the facts. The discussed more of the history of the building and it's importance to the Catholic church. The EWN channel was very factual and straight to the point. There were a lot more quotes from those involved with the fire and went into greater detail as to how the fire started. However, both articles contain all of these aspects of facts and tragic effects.

These articles reflect modern Catholicism because it demonstrates how important churches are and their history. The church has been around since 1923 and carried a 17th century statue of the Infant of Prague. Catholics make up a large majority of the American population and their religion is seen through out America.

Here are the two links to both of the articles I've read:

Global Catholic Network News

Eye Witness News