School Prayer

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pose the words of any prayer to be said in public schools (ACLU 1).
Public schools are supported by taxpayers’ money. What skeptic would want his taxes to support an institute that requires his child to partake in prayer? What supporter would want his taxes to support an institute that prohibits his child from praying? Fortunately the First Amendment to the Constitution supports both believers and nonbelievers from such a situation by mandating government neutrality between belief and non-belief (ACLU 2). The government may not lead children in prayer or force them to pray a certain way. However all children have the right to pray voluntarily before, during or after school, and nonreligious children have the right not to pray at all.
Problems Facing Children
Children should not be put through the awful experiences that will come from religious prayers in a classroom environment. When school prayer invades the classroom, it singles out the lone Jewish child, the class Baptist or Muslim, the children in minority, who do not follow the religion that the government mandates in the classroom environment. Children would not be able to have their own religious rights protected, but be forced to listen to prayers selected by the government or the particular version that it must be said in (F.F.R.F...