in public schools. The proposed amendment reads:

"To secure the people's right to acknowledge God according to the dictates

of conscience. The people's rights to pray and to recognize their belief,

heritage or traditions on public property, shall not be infringed. The

government shall not require any person to join in the prayer or religious

activity, initiate or designate school prayers, discriminate against any

religion, or deny equal access to benefit on account of religion. (AVSP)"

This would permit but not mandate school prayer. I think that the

government should be focused on the school's academics, not what religion

they are to study. The proposed amendments would cause nothing but

trouble considering that there would be many arguments on what beliefs

should be taught. Religion is private and schools are public.

Having any prayer in school goes against the basis in which our

country was formed upon. America came into being because colon

Available:http://www.freethought.org/org/fff/pray.html.

Coalition) If a religion was brought into the classroom, it would build walls

There are so many things that could be argued in this amendment. If

Many religious people are against this proposed amendment. In

Available:http://www.concentric.net/Dannemyr/rfa.htm.

particular religious belief on an everyday basis, teach their children after

In conclusion, this issue of school prayer could never be passes. It is

5. Haas, Carol. Engle v. Vitale. New York: Enslow; 1994.

comfortable would be to make the prayers cross cultural. However, any

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