Prayer In Public Schools

Prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools remain controversial legal issues. In banning school prayer, the U.S. Supreme Court has mistaken the principle of “freedom of religion,” guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution, for freedom from religion and any observance of it. School prayer would allow religious students the freedom to observe their religious beliefs during the school day. The U.S. Supreme Court has urged school cooperation with religious authorities for “it then respects the religious nature of our people and accommodates the public service to their spiritual needs.”
The controversy between prayer in school consist of a few things, such as the right to pray in school vs. the infringing upon others rights when praying in school. Many believe there should be no prayer in school and others disagree. The feud regarding the subject mostly comes down to religion; the ones who believe and the ones who do not believe. There is no obvious right or wrong in this argument, it is purely up to the rights we have as Americans to do what we believe in. …show more content…
Prayer in school is looked at as a distraction in this case. Some will also say that school prayer may lead to intolerance. Public prayer will highlight religious differences of which students may have been unaware. Those students who abstain from school prayer may be ostracized. The public-school system is created for all students and supported by all taxpayers, it does not discriminate. Therefore, it should remain neutral on religious issues over which students and taxpayers will differ. There is also the issue of separation between church and state, and many will say that it is a violation of one’s constitutional