Think It My Way

       Even though religious instruction in public schools was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court because of separation of church and state, prayer should still be allowed in public schools. A writer from Religious Tolerance declares that although the Supreme Court ruled religious instruction unconstitutional, students may take part in “non-disruptive personal religious expressions.” Students are allowed to pray during school, alone or with a group. Also, teachers are allowed to “teach about religion,” but they cannot teach any “religion as truth” (Religious Tolerance). Even if the government tried to ban prayer from school, their rulings would not ever be successful in removing prayer from school. A person can pray without anyone ever knowing. The government can take away the voice of the person praying, but they cannot take the religion and prayer out of the person. Any form of religion should be allowed in the public schools as long as the person praying is having respect for the people around them.