prayer in public school

Prayer in public school is a hot, touchy and controversial topic. Over the years, I have seen many changes occur. At one time, at my middle school, prayer and pledge of allegiance were said over the school intercom system. Later, Just the pledge was said. At football games, you could see team members huddle together and a prayer would be given by the head coach, an assistant coach or the quarterback. There was no consistence as to who would pray. If a student becomes injured during the game prayer would be given by the coach. Before the game, a local pastor will give invocation and later the invocation came from a student. There has been much controversial over whether the prayer is faculty led or student led. According to the education.com,” it puts parents, teachers, and administrators at odds, while parents and educators get whapped up in semantics and principle, kids still have to go to school.

No matter what side of the debate you are on, to allow or not to allow school prayer, you will find students on the other side of the debate. Therefore, student be at odds with the district’s policy concerning pray it is a fact that students can pray anytime and anyplace. This is true because one can always give a silent prayer. This is no policy against silent prayer. Parents, Teacher and administrators typically agree that religious activities should be left to parents. However, many parents have not taken the initiative to involve their children in religious activities and therefore, you can see the lack of religious training.

According to the Gallup Poll in 2005, it found 76% of Americans favored a constitutional amendment to allow voluntary prayer in the public school”. It is no doubt that many school continue to sponsor prayer o...

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...ious beliefs, behavior codes and the overall social conduct of their children.

Many of those against prayer in school are not necessarily against prayer but against the method in which it is done, against the idea that others are imposing their religious beliefs on their child. However, according to the Pew Centers only about 4 percent of children raised as religiously “unaffiliated” grow up to later affiliate themselves with a religious group. This fact should be a concern to all of us, since those without a religious belief are likely to commit more crimes such as robbers, vandalism, rapes, murder that period that believes in a higher power

Works Cited

1. http://civilliberty.about.com/od/religiousliberty/a/establishment.htm

2. http://civilliberty.about.com/od/firstamendment/tp/First-Amendment.htm

3. http://www.education.com/magazine/article/prayer-in-school/