Should prayer be allowed in public schools?
Prayer in school can be very beneficial. One source states that one of the benefits to having prayer in school is that it promotes good citizenship in the students. Prayer in school can also discipline students. It can also make them more reverent. Furthermore, it promotes virtuous living.
There are many bad things about it too. Prayer in school is disrespectful to the government and students of different religions. Even though it makes the individual students better citizens, it is rude to the government. It does not welcome students or encourage them to come to school. It also has no separation of church and state
I think that it is not significantly beneficial to schools. I also think that it should not be used in public schools. It can be very disrespectful to students and does not welcome them. It also is disrespectful to the government.
There are many bad things about it too. Prayer in school is disrespectful to the government and students of different religions. Even though it makes the individual students better citizens, it is rude to the government. It does not welcome students or encourage them to come to school. It also has no separation of church and state
I think that it is not significantly beneficial to schools. I also think that it should not be used in public schools. It can be very disrespectful to students and does not welcome them. It also is disrespectful to the government.
As seen in the graph above, there are many different religions in the U.S (2005)
http://www.infographicsinsights.com/2011/05/state-of-global-religion-infographic.html
"Advantage of Prayer in School." All about Popular Issues. Allaboutpopularissues.org, n.d. Web. 3 Jan. 2013. <http://www.allaboutpopularissues.org/advantage-of-prayer-in-school-faq.htm>.
"Americans United." Prayer And The Public Schools. Americans United, n.d. Web. 3 Jan. 2013. <https://www.au.org/resources/publications/prayer-and-the-public-schools>.
http://www.infographicsinsights.com/2011/05/state-of-global-religion-infographic.html
"Advantage of Prayer in School." All about Popular Issues. Allaboutpopularissues.org, n.d. Web. 3 Jan. 2013. <http://www.allaboutpopularissues.org/advantage-of-prayer-in-school-faq.htm>.
"Americans United." Prayer And The Public Schools. Americans United, n.d. Web. 3 Jan. 2013. <https://www.au.org/resources/publications/prayer-and-the-public-schools>.