Prayers in Public Schools

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The author of this paper argues that students should be allowed to pray in public schools just as they were allowed to pray in public schools in the early years of the country. The author bases her arguments on the belief that the First Amendment of the Constitution has been misinterpreted.

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"If we examine the US constitution closely, it would be apparent that the founding fathers and the framers of the US constitution had never intended a ban on prayers. In fact, several of the founding fathers fervently believed in the essential role of religion and morality in the life of the nation. James Madison, the author of most of the US constitution wrote in 1785: "Religion [is] the basis and Foundation of Government." (Quoted in "James Madison," 2003) It is also interesting to note that the phrase "wall of separation to between the Church and State," which is often used by supporters of the prayer ban to justify the ruling never appear in the US constitution even once. The expression was used by Thomas Jefferson in response to a letter from the Baptists who had approached him in 1802 and urged him to promote religious freedom of the minority religious groups. (Shelby, 1992)"

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