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Constitutional system for prayer, reverent Bible reading or devotional exercises of any kind in the public school. The business of the school is education not religion, the mind not the soul"(Lowry 18).

Allowing prayer in school also contributes to making a student lose the ability to be a part of a group. It also allows there to be inequality between classmates. "When religion has invaded our public school system, it has singled out the lone Jewish student, the class Unitarian or agnostic, the children in the minority" (Gaylor 1). Introducing religion and prayer in our public schools builds walls between children who may not have been aware of religious differences before. This causes the minority student to become isolated due to different religious beliefs when school is merely for the education of students.

Many people believe prayer in school should be allowed because when we don't have God in our schools our society loses its morals. They believe that our society is lacking morals due to he absence of prayer in school. I can see why people think this, but I disagree with this opposition because our country is one to play the blame game.

Allowing prayer in school is like losing a precious jewel that can never be found again. Prayer in school strips students of their rights, sense of unity, and makes students lose their strong belief in their faith. These are all things that once lost are hard to find again. Society does not understand how controversial prayer in school is, and how the issue has been around for centuries. "Religion is a strong force in American life, and the Supreme Court's position has evoked strong opposition"(Patterson 102). The issue at hand is not whether or not to allow God in school, but the rights that go along with prayer in school and the affects it can have on young adults. Schools are a strong stable environment for children, and with prayer in school it strips that strong foundation from them. "Those concerned with pushing governmentally sanctioned religious exercises in the public schools, knowingly or unknowingly would lessen this power of the schools and weaken the very institution which has served our heterogeneous society as well" (Boles 343). We must remember the main reason for school is to educate and that children must go to school to learn and not be ridiculed. There is no room for prayer in school, but there is room for prayer in church and at home. "There is no place under the American

rights as citizens. For instance, "The children of Supreme plaintiffs against religion in schools, such as Vashti McCollum, Ed Schempp and Ishmael Jaffree were beaten up on the way to and from school, their families subjected to community harassment and death threats for speaking out in defense of a Constitutional principle. In those school districts that do not abide by the law, school children continue to be prosecuted today"(Ravitch 3). Why does there have to be hatred because of different beliefs? "During the mid-nineteenth century, Catholic children were sometimes whipped and beaten in public schools

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