If students want to say grace at the table in the school lunch room before a meal, that should be their choice-as long as teachers and staff have nothing to do with it. When the school makes it against the rules to do these things, they are "prohibiting the free exercise" of religion which is guaranteed in the Constitution. Besides, when you think about it, as long as you aren't bothering anybody else, it should be your own business whether you pray of not-not the school's.

             Ever since they tried to take God out of the schools, the schools have got worse and worse. Violence, drug and alcohol use, and irresponsible sex have increased. The ACLU comments that "some.blame the 1962 decision, Engel v. Vitale, banning official prayer from public schools, for everything from low SAT scores to high teenage pregnancy rates. But many educators and other experts tell us that these problems flow from the enormous and increasing gulf in wealth and opportunity, and education, between the richest and poorest people in our society. A one-minute prayer moment of silence in school everyday will do nothing to change that" (School Prayer: News). It would be hard to deny that there is a "gulf" between the rich and the poor and that this causes problems in school, but how do they know that a moment of prayer in school will do nothing to change that problem? They don't know. It's just their opinion. Those who pray know that it does a lot of good. Students who pray are not as likely to go along with the crowd and succumb to peer pressure. Prayer helps them stay in touch with morality. The same amendment that guarantees religious freedom also guarantees freedom of speech. Students are free to express their opinions in class. They are free to wear T-shirts with dirty sayings and listen to songs that use filthy language. They are free to play violent video games. They are free to burn the flag in order to make a political statement.