Families, these days, are becoming more and more religious; yet they can not

decide if religion should actually be a part of the school day. Whether or not religion

should be allowed in public schools is a very controversial issue. Some people strongly

oppose it, and some strongly support it. In fact, they support it so much that the parents

are choosing to pull their children from the public school systems. For decades now,

since 1962, when the U.S. Supreme Court threw prayer out of schools in the case of

Engle V. Vitale ("school prayer..." 1), the separation of school and church has been a

In recent years there has been a rapid growth of teen-prayer groups being

formed. These groups, mostly made up of Christian teens, raise some major concerns

(Newcomb 1). Although religious groups are not allowed to meet during the regular

school day, they can meet after and before school. As a result of so many groups,

children that are not Christian are beginning to question and try their own faith. These

children, the minority, feel left out and uncomfortable. In a survey that was conducted in

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