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A 6 page paper on the double edged sword of religious liberty in the First Amendment to the Constitution and the prohibition of establishment of religion as it relates to the controversy over mandated prayer or "moments of silence" in the classroom. Social, political, theological, & U.S. Supreme Court arguments are examined and the writer ultimately concludes that the State must not be allowed to coerce us into acknowledging any religion -- Banning school prayer will ultimately serve a greater good and contribute to the provision of true Democratic justice in America. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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to some degree: school spirit, team spirit, a spirit of competition, a free spirit, esprit de corps. On this note, many have been pushing to re-establish prayer in public schools
ever since the Supreme Court declared school prayer or even a moment of silence in public schools unconstitutional. (Loconte, 1995) To this end, the twin pillars of religious liberty
in the First Amendment of the Constitution provide for the protection of individual religious freedom and expression, and prohibit the establishment of religion by the state. (Constitution, Amend. I, 1776)
However, prayer in public schools has always been popular with a great majority of Americans: At least 75 percent consistently have favored returning student prayer to the prayer schools. (Loconte,
1995). The reason is that an overwhelmingly religious society. Although America, one of the most pluralistic societies in the world, has no "official" established religion, a vast majority of Americans
are Christians. According to national statistics, Christians make up 86 percent of the U.S. population - 61 percent Protestant and 25 percent Catholic. Roughly 7 percent of Americans are atheists,
3 percent are Muslim, slightly less than 3 percent are Jewish, and about 2 percent are adherents of other religions. (Dabney, 1995) The reasons that have been purported in favor
of re instituting school prayer are numerous. One of the primary arguments for school prayer is historical. Some claim that American society always has been religious. On this account, they
say that public prayer seems an appropriate reflection of the nations emphasis on faith and religious freedom. The modern exclusion of prayer from public schools, say some proponents, reveals a
deep-seated and historically inappropriate hostility to religious belief. "Right now theres almost a total absence of religion in the schools," said a director of the public affairs office for the
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