Prayer in school is a very controversial subject. Many people feel that organized prayer will lead to many problems. Others feel that prayer in school is an essential.
Prayer in school is held dearly in the hearts of many Americans. Public schools have prayed for nearly 200 years before the Supreme Court ruled in the case of Engel v. Vitale that state-mandated class prayers were unconstitutional (Engle, 1962). The fact that prayer was practiced for nearly 200 years establishes it by precedent as a valid and beneficial practice in our schools. In an effort to reverse this trend, conservative religious groups have been fighting for the passage of a school prayer amendment to gain greater leeway for religious activities in school
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