Florida governor signs new bill requiring K-12 public schools to hold moment of silence each day

[Demovictory9]

All K-12 public schools in Florida will hold a moment of silence at the start of the day starting next school year, according to a bill signed into law Monday by Gov. Ron DeSantis.

According to the law, which was HB 529 in the Florida legislature, principals of each public school shall require teachers in first-period classrooms in all grades to set aside at least one minute but not more than two minutes daily for the moment of silence. Teachers may not make suggestions as to the nature of any reflection that a student may engage in during the moment of silence, the law states. A period of "silent prayer or meditation" was optional for school districts in the state prior to the new law.

"It's important to be able to provide each student the ability every day to reflect and be able to pray as they see fit," the Republican governor said before signing the bill at the Shul of Bal Harbour in Surfside, Florida. "The idea that you can just push God out of every institution and be successful, I'm sorry our founding fathers did not believe that."

https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/15/politics/florida-public-schools-moment-of-silence/index.html

[TreasonousBastard]

1. Our founding Fathers DID believe that. Jefferson even came up with a "revised" bible...

that struck out mentions of God.

Every one of them knew about the religious wars in Europe, and some of them may have even had family that fought in them.

[lpbk2713]

2. They all put words in the "founding fathers'" mouths.

And they are almost always wrong.

[Cuthbert Allgood]

3. Gross.

And his statement at signing will cut against him in front of SCOTUS. Or at least a reasonable SCOTUS.

[sarisataka]

4. Better idea

He should sign a bill that requires all politicians to spend at least one minute of silence before they speak. They may use that time to either consider if they really should say something and if so to fact check what they are going to say. There is no upper limit on the time they may spend in silence.

[DFW]

5. So the state of Florida is now officially Quaker?

Nothing is too weird for the Republicans. Where most kids learned to read with Dick and Jane, Republicans think „On Beyond Zebra“ is a reading primer.

[pamdb]

6. Moment

My question would be, are we allowed to read during that minute? And not the Bible or the Koran or any other religious book,just anything. Fiction, non-fiction, doesn’t matter.

[Solly Mack]

7. Fuck that noise.

I hope this gets challenged with lawsuits galore.

[-misanthroptimist]

8. There's one I'd leave class for everyday...noisily.

[karynnj]

9. As the mother of three children now adults, I really can't imagine 20 - 30 K thru 3rd graders

staying quiet for a minute.

[Aristus]

10. I guess having a moment of science would be too much to ask for, huh?

[Luciferous]

12. Lol

[Luciferous]

11. They can't pray at home?

[rockfordfile]

13. That's illegal

[Dial H For Hero]

18. As long as they don't mention God or religion, I don't see how.

That doesn’t make it a good idea, of course.

[struggle4progress]

14. How about a law requiring DeSantis to STFU at the start of every press conference?

[Deuxcents]

19. Good idea

[LiberalFighter]

15. Schools should not be taking up the job of churches or families.

[RegularJam]

16. Hey cuck.

If it’s what the founders wanted why didn’t you institute a prayer. What you authorized looks nothing like prayer.

We need to brand it a moment of silence for all who have fallen to gun violence in schools. Maybe a “hope it doesn’t happen to me” moment of silence.

[Cha]

17. de santis Gaslighting the Shite outta

Florida

[Vinca]

21. I'm glad Florida has so few problems the governor can occupy himself with this.