The Kentucky House voted 83-5 in support of HB 40, for the last Wednesday in September as “A Day of Prayer for Kentucky’s Students.” The bill is now headed to the Senate.
Republican State Rep. Regina Huff, who sponsored the legislation, says this respects everybody’s beliefs… even though the fastest growing “religious” are teenagers, more than a third of whom don’t belong to any organized faith.
Huff said that HB 40 is respectful of all faiths by asking that Kentuckians spend the day praying, meditating or reflecting “in accordance with their own faith and consciences.” Students would be allowed to participate in the event at school before the start of the instructional day.Students can already pray and meditate and reflect if they want to, that has never been an issue. But Huff maintains that this will be useful for religious students because now they’ll know their legislators support them, too.“Given all that our students are facing … Our students need to know that we are standing with them,” she said. “We all need to embrace this and be united in an effort of support in each individual’s manner of prayer for our schools, students and administrators.”Unfortunately, Huff’s bill will do next to nothing, it's pretty much worthless.But it will alienate the growing number of students who want nothing to do with religion.
