Prayer In Public Schools

Many schools, both public and private secondary and post-secondary, across the nation are having troubles being able to pray before or after activities. People have the right to their religion and the freedom of speech. My decision is that if people want to pray before a sporting event, people should be able to do it. This country was built on religion so the people of this great nation should have the right to have the freedom of religion. Religion was the main reason this country was formed. People from Europe came over here to have their freedom. Schools used to be able have a prayer before the beginning of each school day over the intercom. Laws abolished this from happening in schools across the nation and major lawsuits were formed.
The Second Amendment states that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the …show more content…
After that 11 other states adopted the same requirement as Massachusetts (“Prayer and the Public Schools: Religion, Education, and Your Rights”). But ended after only 49 years after it started after the ruling of Engle v. Vitale case in 1962 (“Prayer and the Public Schools: Religion, Education, and Your Rights”). The Engle v. Vitale case was brought up because two parents from New York fought a battle against the New York education board over a prayer that the board had written. The parents of these children were Jewish, Christian, and Unitarian. The court agreed with the parents and made it a law that religion wouldn’t be in schools (“Prayer and the Public Schools: Religion, Education, and Your Rights”). Another case came up in 1963 that told the School district of Abington Township that they weren’t allowed to read the bible or the Lord’s Prayer and named it unconstitutional (“Prayer and the Public Schools: Religion, Education, and Your Rights”). The McCollum v. Board of Education (1948) ended the teaching of religion in schools at all