“If you insist with religion in schools, I insist with ANAF in churches.” How do Internet users see the anthem and prayer at school
On Reddit, hundreds of comments regarding the gold proposal for the daily tuning of the anthem and the utterance of the prayer “Our Father” in schools remove from the political echo a more serious debate about the secular state, freedom of consciousness, learning time and without effect.
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“David does not know if it is good or not to say” our father “. With the anthem he has no problem. He also sang when he was little. The classes with 34 students are ok. So it was in his time. And people came out. So I have not yet decided if we return during Ceausescu's time or in the Middle Ages.” Write an English teacher on his Facebook page.
A parent responds by a bushy comment. Beyond the discussion about the hymn and prayer, the problem is the ability of the schools, he says: 34 plus classes, combinations, short hours at 35 minutes, the three exchange that ends at 20.00, possible winter discounts, lack of teachers in “intensive” specializations and not covered hours, while the children “have only to go, to go, In his opinion, the symbolic discussion diverts attention from logistical problems.
“Faith is not done with force”
“A small window in a golden government. In a word. Theocracy”, says someone, summarizing the concern that religion becomes a political lever. Someone else completes: “Their personal opinions don't matter. Religion is just one of the levers they would use for control and image. ” And another user moves the emphasis from religion: “Let us not deceive ourselves, such a measure means only the control of the population.”
Wine and personal confessions regarding the reverse effect of the obligation. “At the kindergarten I remember that we always pray in the morning, at noon and before we leave. State, behind the block. I hated this so much that now I do not want to have anything to do with religion.” In the same register, another user says that “If someone had to sing the hymn every morning, 100% would have had the opposite effect.” In other words, daily formalism produces rejection, not attachment.
Constitution and Public School
“Someone explains how this law is, first of all, constitutional. The last time I browsed the Constitution, Romania was still a secular state“, Says an Internetaut. Another comment goes on: “This proposal is unconstitutional because it violates guaranteed religious freedom. You cannot impose a religious practice in the public school.” Their objection: freedom of consciousness does not harmonize with mandatory prayer.
A few users remind that the anthem tuning “It is already provided by Art. 10 letter g) of Law 75/1994, only that no one does this.” Someone else confirms. “It was like in 2010 it was an attempt to make mandatory.” Their conclusion? The problem is not the lack of norms, but the lack of application and the prioritization of the symbols instead of the daily functioning.
Who is not a Christian, where does he enter?
“And those who are not Christians what do they do?” asks a user. Another detailing the practical impact. “In addition to the fact that the hours last 50 minutes in which the teacher has to teach as much as he can, he has to restore the anthem and say” Our Father “. And if there are children or teachers of another religion or nationality. You also force them to comply.”
Also, on Reddit, concrete stories appear in the classes. “In a period we were singing the anthem in the morning, before we started. In another school I was saying a day-to-day prayer, 10 seconds. It didn't last long. They were the ideas of a religion teacher and a management with very strict rules. It was not translated as a better quality of the school.”
Another comment reminds how things were in the past. “It was no longer an attempt with the anthem of Romania. He did not care about anyone, and those who cared for a month.”
“The country burns and the baba is combing.”
The ironies appear on Thread, but behind them is the same idea. “If you insist with religion in schools, I insist with ANAF in churches.” “Pledge of Allegiance. This is it, it is only that he does not take his head to come up with something original.” “This is the opposition in the Romanian politics. The country burns and the baba is combing.”
We recall that gold wants students and teachers to sing the hymn and recite “Our Father” at the beginning of the courses. The party registered the draft law in Parliament on September 1, 2025 (PL-X no. 236/2025) and submitted for approval to the Economic and Social Council in the following days. According to the initiative, the preschoolers, students and teachers would start the day with the tanning of the national anthem and the utterance of the prayer “Our Father”. Participation is optional, and those who refuse must only notify the school director – without justification and without consequences. If a teacher refuses, students are supervised by another teacher. The exposure of reasons invokes “the need to restore national and spiritual symbols” for educational cohesion, under the conditions of a “formative vacuum” in the absence of rituals. The initiative is signed by the gold deputy Cristina-Emanuela Dascălu and his parliamentary colleagues.
