text: why are christians playing the victim and saying you can get arrested for praying in public?? i have never heard of anyone being arrested for that.  what is going on here??  free speech rights are still in effect.  are christians just bitter because the us government does not fully embrace christianity as the state religion and ban all others? his point is that he can not pray at school and work , which are two public places. there have been many cases where children have been sent home for wearing christian t shirts, reading bibles , and turning in reports with bible quotes in them. we are given the freedom of religion not freedom from religion.