Religion In Public Schools In the past Religion was confined to the state now with religious freedom everything has changed or at least started to change. In order forreligion to be in a private school now it is again trying to be in Publicschools. People ask "why can't freedom to acknowledge god be enjoyed againby children in every schoolroom across this land?" In the past, along time ago children always prayed before class started and before lunch.But things h ave changed, "in 1791 the separation of church andstate" started. Although it was made clear about the separation ofthe two "as late as 1951 some twenty states permitted schools to begin theday by reading aloud a passage of the bible." Bu t that had to stop.People didn't have the same beliefs when it comes to religion, if a familyabsent even believe in god why should their child be forced to pray? Onmany different occasions questions similar to this one were brought up andcomplained about. That is what started it all real big. When complaining, arguing and fighting all started over the silentmoment. In 1978 a few lawyers got together and considered a constitutionallaw. The original law said that public school teachers in gr ades 1-6"shall announce that a period of silence, not to exceed one minute, shallbe observed for meditation." This law did not work for long, because itstill allowed oral prayer in public high schools. Later in 1981, theAlabama State Senator D onald G. Holmes successfully passed a bill thatincluded all grades calling it "the moment of silence" this law said that"the teacher (was) to announce that the silent moment may be used forvoluntary prayer." Although it would have to be si lent prayer. Even afterthis new law started the lawyers that were opposed to this were trying tosay that students "do not have a right to pray in school" silently orotherwise because of growing impressions that affect their life. Thesilent mom ent supposedly "(forc...
