Should Religion Be Allowed In School Analysis

Many people agree on keeping religion out of public school, as do I. This topic is made complicated by the fact that there are two clauses dealing with freedom of speech which is the first amendment and the establishment clause. In the article, “Should religion be allowed in school” by Patrick Marshall, Marshall says, “In 1947, the U.S Supreme Court said in Evercon v. Board of education: “The establishment of religion clause... means at least this: Neither a state nor the federal government can set up a church.” His statement is backed up by separation of church and state which was paraphrased by Thomas Jefferson. Now, there are many conservative Christians that would argue this by saying that it is their right, and it is part of the first amendment. Although, in 1968, the Lemon V Kurtzman came about which is now used as the “Lemon test”. The three parts to the test are the statute must have a secular legislative purpose, the principal or primary effect of the statute must not advance nor inhibit religion, and the statute must not result in an excessive government entanglement with religion. It is just something to keep religion out by following these guidelines. …show more content…
Of course, there is nothing wrong with it, it just gives everyone the chance to go to school with a quota system. “The First Amendment has erected a wall between Church and State which must be kept high and impregnable...” I personally also feel that religion and education are completely two different things. Such as science, natural philosophy, and even in gothic literature. All of these educational fields have people question if religion or a higher power of some sort