From NBC News.
Excerpt:
The common practice of saying “God bless you” after someone sneezes is a part of American culture.
But it sparked a new controversy at a Bay Area high school this week.
Teacher Steve Cuckovich docked his students scores if after they said “bless you” in the middle of class. He says talking of any kind is disruptive and takes time away from class.
Cuckovich teaches health at William C. Wood High School in Vacaville.
“The blessing doesn’t make any sense anymore,” Cuckovich told the Fox affiliate in Sacramento.“When you sneeze in the old days, they thought you were dispelling evil spirits out of your body. So they were saying, ‘God bless you,’ for getting rid of evil spirits. But today, what you’re doing doesn’t really make any sense.”
I’m not at all surprised that a public school teacher would impose his secular point of view on his students, and using the power of the grading pen to make it stick. People on the secular left are very likely not to want to engage in critical thinking or debate with those who dissent from their view. They often use the power of the state to drum out any alternative source of values from individuals, especially religion.
WINTERY KNIGHT 
Teachers get more asinine every day.
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I love when people try to paint the Right as a bunch of “culture warriors” looking for a fight anywhere and everywhere.
This just goes to show that the Left will find nothing they won’t try to stake a secular flag in.
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In modern times, we don’t get sick, so we don’t need blessings. We also don’t get hurt, die….
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Some students look for any excuse they can to be the class clown and some just enjoy being disruptive. I can actually understand the teacher’s rule with that in mind. He is not banning the words, except for during study time. Although there are many examples of teachers and schools over stepping their bounds in regard to religious discrimination and prohibitting religious expression, I don’t think this is one of them.
On another note, I’ve actually heard an interesting argument that saying “God bless you” is a form of taking God’s name in vain.
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