Prayer_In_Public_School

Prayer In Public School Prayer in Public Schools' With the state that the nation is currently in, prayer in today’s schools has once again become a controversial topic. Many believe that schools exist to educate. While children in public schools remain a captive audience, some perceive prayer to be coercive and invasive. While religion is considered private and schools public some argue that it is not appropriate that the two should mix. Some would also argue that prayer and religion are a necessary part of human life, which often helps fulfill the “total” human experience. Is it detrimental to strip these parts of life from the schools' I pose the question, “How can prayer be harmful'” I agree that mandating a special time for prayer may offend some. Does it have to be designated as prayer time' Does prayer have to be specific to any one religion' Or would it just be better if schools adopted a “quiet time” at the beginning of each day' Each student could decide if they choose to use that time for prayer. This was a suggestion made by Secretary of State Colin Powell. His opinion is that a schools, prayer, students, public, school, pledge, time, should, religious, religion, moment, feel, believe, allegiance, state, silence, while, way, student, pray, people, one, life, god, children, beliefs, been, topic, think, suggestion, speech, specific, since, saying, ruled