Organizations against prayer in schools such as the American Baptist Resolution against Manifestation of Prejudice, feel that it is unconstitutional for the government to infringe on the religious beliefs of people and it also causes an unneeded sense of division between those that believe in God and those that do not. There is also the assumption that prayer in school will be only Christian based, leaving other students who do believe in God but are not Christian out. One of the great things about being in America is freedom of choice. Anti-prayer activists feel that slavery in the United States, practiced for over 200 years was unconstitutional. They feel that just as slavery, prayer in schools w

The next generation of leaders will come from this generation, one that has degraded morally over the last twenty years. When it is our turn to fill in the new pages of the history books, will it be with horrible statistics showing the increase of welfare dependency, divorce, abortion, and crime? Or will it show that society finally decided it wanted something better, it wanted to change the face of this world for the sake of the future. When we finally decide to stand up for what we know is right, to truly show we have the strength of conviction to support our faith, when we can put Church and State back into the same institution; that is when the difference will come. That is when this country will finally start to climb the hill toward restoring this country's pride, it compassion, and it hope for the future. Until then we can only pray. But then that is where the whole problem starts, isn't it?

The effects of that disconnection are appearing in the children and society of today. The atmosphere that was created by daily prayer for our grandparent's generation is not apparent in this and was stopped during our parent's formative years. The morals and ethics that go along with prayer and religion were not passed down to the evolving generation, cutting them loose without the compassion and respect needed to change a cold world created by the decision of those who did not wish to step on anyone's toes or infringe on the minority's rights. All this at the cost of the majority's favor and the welfare of our children' future. The solution to restore the humanity and morality to our nation begins with the restoration of such a basic institution back into our schools. The one thing that makes our nation so great is the freedom to worship whatever god you desire be it Jesus Christ, Ala, or money. The free choice to do what you want is a privilege most other countries do not give to its citizens. But that freedom is infringed upon when our children cannot pray openly in school without being chastised and told that they are not allowed to do it. Prayer should not be a mandatory obligation every student has to take part in, but also should not be completely banished from the premise. Students and teachers should be allowed to lead prayer of their own free choice, not being subjected to the rules and regulations that state when and where they are allowed to pray. A solution needs to be found, and found quickly. If the issue were not important it would have died out yea

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