If we pay teachers to preach, then it becomes mandatory. I believe in freedom of and from religion. My son is a teacher, he gets paid by the state. He also teaches religious education at church on sunday evenings, he gets no pay.I'm a christian, and my bible is the new testament.The teachings of Jesus, who is GOD if you know your nicene creed. I attended parochial school for a few years,and if I wanted to pray in public school I did, silently. This hullalballo about teaching the 10 commandments, should be done in church, with encouragement to OBEY them.