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: It is possible that  prayers and statements from a variety of religions and secular  philosophies could be read in the classroom without violating the  constitution. However they could not be  not taught as truth for the students to believe, but would have to be taught as  beliefs that various groups in society regard as true. Since the  readings would be given each weekday that the school is in session, a  full range of religions would be covered; no one religion would be  favored over any other. Statements from both religious and  secular sources would be included. Thus, the school would not be promoting  a religious lifestyle over a secular lifestyle, or vice versa. This procedure would be analogous to a display of the Ten  Commandments on the school wall. Just as a Christian prayer repeated  daily is unconstitutional, so is a simple, framed copy of the Ten  Commandments. But a collage can be constitutional, if it assembles  together sets of commandments from many different religions, and sets  of secular laws from many different locations and eras in history. It  all depends upon balance.