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Should a moment of silence be legal in public schools
Title: Should a moment of silence be legal in public schools
Category: Law & Government / Government & Politics
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Should a moment of silence be legal in public schools
Should a moment of silence be legal in public schools?
In 1962 the Supreme Court decided that public schools did not have the power to authorize school prayer. This decision made public school in the U.S. more atheistic than many European nations. For example, crosses still hang on the classroom walls in Poland, and the Ten Commandments are displayed in Hungary. There are prayers held at the beginning of legislative and judicial sessions and every …showed first 75 words of 391 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 391 total…by the First Amendment’s "Free Exercise" clause.
Six states now permit silent moments—Georgia, Virginia, Maryland, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Alabama. Silent prayer was ruled constitutional in 1985 as long as it had no religious intent or purpose. (Newsweek, October 3, 1994)
Prayer has been banned in schools for thirty-three years. The moment of silence has been ruled constitutional, however. Every student fills a moment of silence in a different way: through song, a prayer, or a memory.
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