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: They may not promote secularism over religion as a superior approach to life. There appear to be two obvious ways in which prayer can be promoted in public schools without violating the necessity for neutrality: A part of the school day could be set aside for a moment of silence. One Web site, 4 the Natural Prayer Project (NPP) recommends that schools follow a suggestion made by Colin Powell: a simple moment of silence. Students would then have the right to pray, meditate, contemplate,  study, organize their day, settle and compose themselves, or engage in any  other non-disruptive silent activity. The enabling legislation would have to be carefully  worded to make certain that it is not being written to sneak prayer into the  schools. The end result would be that many students would elect to engage in  prayer at school. More details . As stated above, although prayers taught as truth are  unconstitutional, a public school course in comparative religion can,  (under certain circumstances) be constitutional.