The writer of the “no school prayer” is asking for a non-religious institution for kids, because in his/her opinion it would affect the atheists and kids who doesn’t believe in practicing prayers in public, that they would feel like an outsiders who are rejected and cannot socialize with other students because of their believes.. I find that the biggest issue with his/her argument is that he/she looked at the situation from one side not caring about the rest.. so religious people should practice their own believes at home only because it might affect the others, while in his/her argument he/she is asking for freedom of religion! this is a major confusion of the argument.. It’s obvious that it attack religious people calling them “cheap” and saying that religion is only causing problems and troubles to the public and it’s waste of money for the government, the tone of the speaker is actually a bit angry at the situation and it’s clear in the last paragraph.
I think that the essay would be improved if the author spoke about all the different kinds of people who carry different believes, because they are all citizens who have the right to practice any religion they believe in without being accused of practicing it in public, it’s like you are being accused because you ate in front of other people, religion is the food for the soul as long as it harm no one, nobody has the right to stop you from practicing it.. Schools contain many different people who carry different believes as the author said schools doesn’t have the right to force them to pray with the others, but should give them the freedom to practice their own believes and should respect them.. The essay does exaggerate and has many hasty generalizations like when said: “teachers would discriminate them and their classmates would make fun of them’’ which is not true and the problem cannot be based on this.
Although the essay is acknowledging the reader of the situation of small