Because of separation of church and state in public schools, colleges and universities you can. Private schools are different because they are not funded by the state. The only time that a teacher can talk about religion in the classroom is if it applies to the subject matter (studying other cultures or studying literature). There were two teachers fired for stating their beliefs in the classroom when I was in high school and another last year at University. Even though both of the teachers in high school were Christians and about 95% of the population here in Mississippi are Christian they were still fired because of the few people who felt offended. My mom is a teacher and before every school year the administration goes over this with the teachers to make sure that they understand this. Even though I live in the bible belt where most people are Christians it can still be an issue. Also, this past summer when I was taking speech at the local community college our teacher made it clear that we were not to write a speech dealing with religion unless it was informative. We could not state our opinions because she would not be able to grade it if it was an opinionated speech because we could say that she was biased and that we should receive a better grade because she, the teacher, does not believe the same we do. That is just how it is in MS... may be different elsewhere. peace, Vann p.s. sorry for doing this on ur blog Saru You make a good point.