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    “SCHOOL PRAYER UNCONSTITUTIONAL, BAN PRAYER IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, and SCHOOL PRAYER HELD ILLEGAL.” (The Battle for School Prayer, pg. 77). If the First Amendment came up today, it wouldn’t pass. By today’s standards, the First Amendment would be written very differently. In the 1770’s, God was included in the constitution. If it was written today, God would be excluded from it. Prayer should be allowed in schools because the constitution never intended for prayer to be left out of schools, many…

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    Having prayers in schools has been a subject to discussion as there are some people who think having prayer in schools is against the constitution. As children are too young to distinguish right and wrong, and they have no idea about religion, exposing them to religious matters and prayer is controversial. One of the articles that favors having prayer in schools is “We Need More Prayer” that is written by Armstrong Williams. Also, one of the articles that discusses against having prayer in…

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    The Importance Of Prayer In Public Schools The act of group prayer, or reading the Bible in public schools, whether it is between students and teachers, just students, or as a group activity fro the entire school is illegal in the United States. This is made so by the establishment clause of the first amendment. Countless people agree with this law while a few, similar to myself, strongly disagree. I believe that schools should be aloud to hold prayer services together if they wish to. This is…

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    their friends. The goal of the petition was to urge President Bush to try to get prayer reinstated in the public schools across America. Rather than respond to the email, I started thinking. That's always a bad sign, "he asks himself why, and how could something as innocuous as reinstating prayer in public school possibly be a bad thing?" Here was his thought which was equal to the Internet, "First, exactly whose prayers are we going to reinstate? Here in Alabama, they'd likely want some…

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    interrogate them with religious acts that aren’t chosen upon them individually, the judicial outlook of the matter is the courts find that the allowance of prayers being set upon in schools is inappropriate and unconstitutional, the presidential outlook from (Murray v. Curlett) explains that students coming into school shouldn’t start the day with a prayer and should have neutrality, the executive’s feel that the practice of religions in schools singles out the kids who don’t participate in…

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    For example, one can look at Huckleberry Finn’s simplistic explanation of prayer and morality. “And I about made up my mind to pray, and see if I couldn’t try to quit being the kind of a boy I was and be better. So I kneeled down. But the words wouldn’t come. Why wouldn’t they? It warn’t no use to try and hide it from Him. Nor from ME, neither. I knowed very well why they wouldn’t come. It was because my heart warn’t right; it was because I warn’t square; it was because I was playing double. I…

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    Today, one area of concern for the public involves the issue of prayer in schools around the nation. Now, there are some who feel that prayer should not be allowed in schools; alternatively, many others contend that prayer should be allowed in schools. While this complex issue, upon delving into the subject further, it becomes apparent that prayer should not be prohibited in schools, because it supports the freedom of religion principle, acknowledges religious heritages, and offers many social…

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    Do you think that prayer should be allowed back in school? Prayer in school has a constitutional right under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. It's a big deal!! Many school districts think it wouldn’t be a favorable idea because it is too much of a distraction to students and teachers. Also, some may find it offensive that a school would sponsor a religion (Eckholm). If a person wants to practice any type of religion or to be a religious-free person then it should be…

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    What if prayer in public schools had never been banned, but instead inforced? What if every day when you went to school, you were forced to stand for a morning prayer? The 1962 ban of prayer in schools, was a big step toward the seperation of church and state. The United States Constitution, plays a huge roll in the ban of prayer in public schools. Prayer in schools, violates the constitution. Prayer in public schools, violates your constitutional right to practice the religon of your choice.…

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    What is prayer? Prayer is a request for help or expression of thanks addressed to God or an object of worship. Praying can be a person just talking not to powerful or spiritually just asking God for things. To hold a conversation with God without getting a verbal response from God. According to the bible you should feel free to as the Lord for any request. Public schools had prayer for 200 years before the Supreme Court ruled that state mandated class prayers were unconstitutional.…

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