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:
Disclaimer:
Related essays on this site:
References
Go to the previous page, or  return to the religion in the law menu, or choose:
Page Translator:
This page translator works on Firefox,
Opera, Chrome, and Safari browsers only
After translating, click on the "show
original" button at the top of this
page to restore page to English.

Content: A lone copy of the Ten Commandments or a  Christian prayer recited repetitively constitutes religious  instruction in a particular faith; it is unconstitutional within a  public school. A mosaic of religious and secular laws or a variety of  religious and secular statements might be considered by the courts to  be a historical  teaching tool. The procedure  could involve the following steps: Create a list of prayers or religious writings derived from local faith groups and  moral/ethical statements from secular sources. A minimum of eight faith  groups and an equal number of secular sources might make a workable  collection. We would recommend most or all of the following religions: Baha'i Faith, Buddhism, conservative Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, liberal  Christianity, Native American spirituality, Neopaganism, Judaism, Sikhism,  Vodun, etc. [ Note that we are treating Christianity as two religions. Although conservatives and liberals share the name  "Christianity" and base their beliefs on the Christian and  Hebrew Scriptures, their beliefs and practices are so different that they  may be considered to represent two different  religions.]