School prayer has been an issue in the lives of many Americans since 1962 when the U.S. Supreme Court threw prayer out of public schools in the Engel vs. Vitale case. Today school prayer is still an extremely questionable issue, since it touches many Americans' hearts due to their beliefs and religious tolerance. Education is mandatory for all children so many feel that the school should maintain separation from any religion.
Many religious people are in favor of school prayer. However, many pastors and teachers of religion are actually against prayer in public schools. They believe that most students attending public schools are not ready for prayer. "Teachers, untaught in the ways of spiritual motivation and communication, can hardly hope to succeed where parents and professionally trained teachers and pastors have failed" (Nieset). What are non-church goi
There are also those who stand in the middle. Many people like Tim Madigan feel that prayer should be allowed in public schools but have different ideas on the way the prayer should be handled. There are many different cultures and religions represented in our public schools. What better way to show this than by letting every religion have their turn? "Start the school day not with a bland "one size fits all" prayer, but rather with a specific incantation from an actual congregation-from the Adventist to the Zoroastrians" (Madigan). This would satisfy those for prayer and those against it, because there would still be prayer but it would be a prayer to a different religion each day, it would not be promoting Christianity or any certain religion every day.
ng teachers going to be able to instill in students in non-religious environments. "But in addition to the typical public s
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