Prayer in School
Title: Prayer in School
Category: /Law & Government/Government & Politics
Details: Words: 1140 | Pages: 4 (approximately 235 words/page)
Prayer in School
Category: /Law & Government/Government & Politics
Details: Words: 1140 | Pages: 4 (approximately 235 words/page)
To Pray or Not to Pray in Our Public Schools
Voluntary prayer in public schools has been a controversial issue since the court ruling in 1963 that changed everything. In 1963, Engle vs. Vitale, this court ruling decided that prayer conducted by teachers, or a moment of silence, would interfere with the Establishment Clause. This meant there would be no more prayer in school. There have been over half a dozen court decisions against school prayer over
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