Prayer or meditation all right, just keep school officials out of it (The Baxter Bulletin)

Wilson County, Tenn., and Marin County, Calif., are about as different as any two places in America can be. But last month school officials in both communities appeared equally confused about what constitutes “state-sponsored religion” in the public schools. In the Bible Belt, not surprisingly, the religion at issue is the majority faith. And on the Left Coast, not surprisingly, the conflict is over Transcendental Meditation, a practice developed by the Indian spiritual teacher Maharishi Mahesh Yogi… Read more