Essay - Prayer in School Is A Direct Violation of the Constitutional...

Prayer in School is a Direct Violation of the Constitutional Mandate of Separation of Church and State

********** paper presents a discussion about school prayer. The author of this paper believes that prayer ***** ***** will be a direct violation ***** the constitutional m*****ate ***** church and state remain separated. *****re were three sources used to complete this paper.

OUR FOUNDING FATHERS ESTABLISHED THE GUIDELINE FOR A REASON

For many years now, ***** issue of school prayer has made the forefront to ***** news. We hear that students defy direct orders from ***** officials and stand ***** recite the Lord's Prayer at gradu*****ion. We hear about principals being hauled into court by the ACLU for allowing ***** to pray on campus. It is a volatile issue that remains close to the heart on both sides of the argument. The bot*****m line, however, is that America proudly waves its diversity banner to the rest ***** ***** world. We brag about the fact that we welcome and encourage diversity and we are founded on the premise that freedom of religi***** should be a right of every person. Our very constitution, which is used as the blueprint for our nation, ins*****ts that ***** and state forever ***** separate entities. ***** founding fathers saw ***** the future and realized what kinds of problems would occur if the most diversity welcoming nation on earth, suddenly began mixing ********** with government. Because of what we represent as a nation, we can never allow prayer in ***** public school system. To do so ***** violate everything ***** ***** to ourselves, our children and the ***** at large.

There are two main issues relating ***** the separation of church ***** ***** and several smaller ones. The two main elements ***** argument ***** that we cannot rightfully determine which faith should be followed in prayer, therefore, we trod on the toes of those who are studying a d*****ferent denomin*****tion(Shapiro, 1995). This totally defeats the government's m*****ate that all are treated equally regardless of religious affiliation. ***** allow ***** in public ***** sets the stage for discrim*****atory actions and feelings, when the students ***** different faiths either try and convince the school ***** their prayers are ***** ***** be used, or they pull back and withdraw because of ***** very differences(Rice, 1997).. The second issue is the constituently mandated church and state separation allows ***** freedom of speech in a m*****nner that a religious foundation might not allow.

In the first argument, ***** must understand ***** problems prayers in ********** ***** cause. In our nations schools, we have Christians, Muslims, Jewish, Mormons, Jehovah Witnesses, Bahais and many other religious followers. If we decide to allow prayer in public school, whose do ***** allow(Shapiro, 1995)? Do the Christian ********** get **********, or ***** Jewish ones? How will the Bahai's feel when ***** ***** *****ld they can pray to Jesus but Bahallua is ignored? This issue can easily extrapolate into friction ***** grows as the factions ***** faiths square off, vying for