Prayer In Schools

Benjamin Franklin said this quote in the continental congress in 1778. The founding fathers of the United States tried to show people how important religion was in developing the country. The First Amendment of the United States says that there is freedom of religion. This is a reason why this cannot be banned from students, but it also cannot be forced upon them according to the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court ruled this in the 1962 case which was the Engel versus Vital. This case was for a student that didn’t want to pray at the start of school. Students should be able to pray in schools only if they wish to, they should not be banned or forced. The case that started the arguments about if students should be able to pray in public schools
This helped the Supreme Court make its decision to not force prayer upon students because each student might be following their own decision. The First Amendment shows the freedom of religion(10 Reasons for School Prayer 1). Students do not have to recite prayers in school if they don’t want to. They can be silent during that time to not disrupt other students that might want to. The court doesn’t allow prayer because some people might think that they are favoring one prayer over another, but they allow them to pray at graduations, ceremonies, clubs, or any other place that is not disrupting class time or bothering any student (Robinson 3). If school prayer was allowed in schools than teachers and other students might influence and change the student's mind to follow another religion. This may cause problems. The school staff, and other officials can not sponsor any prayer because that would make it against the law (Chilson 3). The staff can also not try to show students how one religion is different or better when compared to another. If school prayer was allowed in schools, than teachers and other students might influence and change the student's mind to follow another
This proves that if prayer was not allowed today, than these issues would increase even more than they have in the past years. To summarize, the issue for praying in public schools should end. People’s religious freedoms should be able to be expanded without fear or worry of being different. Students should be able to go and pray anywhere, if not interrupting class time, without having to be bullied. Students that do not want to pray will not be forced to but they can not hurt the kids that want to.
James Madison uttered these words to congress when introducing the Bill of Rights, “The civil rights of none shall be abridged on account of religious belief or worship, nor shall any national religion be established, nor shall the full and equal rights of conscience be in any manner, or on any pretext, infringed.” In conclusion, students should be able to pray in public schools only if they want to. They will not be forced to do