Title: How to have prayers in public schools -- legally
Headings: HOW TO HAVE PRAYERS IN PUBLIC SCHOOL CLASSROOMS....LEGALLY
HOW TO HAVE PRAYERS IN PUBLIC SCHOOL CLASSROOMS....LEGALLY
What effect would the reinstatement of Christian prayers have?
Public school prayer which preserves religious neutrality:
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Content: How to have prayers in public schools -- legally

HOW TO HAVE PRAYERS IN PUBLIC SCHOOL CLASSROOMS....LEGALLY
Sponsored link. Religious faith can be a powerful force, either for good or evil. When the U.S. Constitution was written, the country's political leaders were well aware of over a century decades of religiously-motivated strife that had resulted in so many deaths throughout Europe. In order to avoid transplanting religious hatreds from Europe to America, they incorporated the Establishment Clause into the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. As interpreted by various courts, it requires a separation between church and state. This seems to be a beneficial relationship that has served the country well: Church affiliation and attendance in the U.S. are the highest of all  industrialized nations. The USA has relative peace among followers of different religions, and of  no religion. The country has avoided the type of religiously-based  conflicts, civil wars, crimes against humanity, and genocides which have occurred in so many other countries . Many of the religious organizations throughout the country are healthy and  vigorous.