on religious activities whatsoever. They can have them or not have them, in whatever form they please. You are annoyed by such things, but they're not violating any constitutional or legal rules.
Good manners? Well, that college can choose whether or not it will allow religious activities at games. That was my only point. I am an atheist, so I don't engage in any religious activities. I am sometimes, however, in places where they occur. Maybe I've been invited to speak at some Rotary club, something I have done often. I know that they are going to have a prayer before their meeting and probably recite the Pledge of Allegiance. I can chose not to speak there. I am not required to attend any such meeting.
The same thing applies at a private college. It can allow prayers at games, or whatever else it wants to do. Again, I am not required to attend anything that school does.
Government sponsored organizations are another matter. For example, I do not have to be subjected to prayers at school or to visit a local library. If a courtroom had an invocation prayer, it might be that I am required to attend that court. So, I do not expect, nor would I tolerate a prayer being said there before the business of the court proceeded.
Wheaton, unlike Carthage College, is truly a religious college. It graduates many students who become pastors of protestant churches. It is more or less a "Bible College."
ELCA colleges don't generally have worship requirements or religion-based rules for students. Baptist Colleges often do. Some Presbyterian ones do, as well.
Wheaton College sports generally involve other Christian Colleges, although not always. If Carthage allows them to have prayers before the game or afterwards, that's Carthage's decision to make. I have no idea what that school is like.
Malarkey? Yes, absolutely. I agree. However, I have no standing whatsoever to object to their practices, and neither does the law. In fact, what they do is covered by the First Amendment of the US Constitution. Wheaton is a religious college, so its religious activities fall under that amendment's rights. As long as I am not required to participate or even attend any function at Wheaton, they can do as they please, under our laws. Wheaton is not a government function. It is a private organization. What they teach in their Biology classes is not really my business. What they do on the sports field is not, either. I choose not to participate. It's simple.
So, I choose not to attend or participate in any way. You can do the same. So can your offspring. If they are offended by religious practices, they can attend a state college of some kind, I suppose. Or, they can go to Carthage and ignore that stuff. If they go to Wheaton, however, there will be a pledge they have to take, and many, many rules they have to follow at that private institution.
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