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The United States Constitution Does NOT Prohibit Prayer In Schools.
Think about this. The constitution is a FEDERAL document. The constitutional ban on religious involvement is intended to prohibit the FEDERAL government from doing this. That is what is says. Yes, I know what the supreme court has determined, I am only telling you what the constitution actually says. Even with the Fed. Dept. Of Education, (not in the constitution!) schools are run by the states. Obviously, this allows also for the placement of the Ten Commandments in public buildings as long as they are state or below also.
 Bugman  29 Sep 2008 07:54
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We have the right to pray.
 
 webman1200  11 Oct 2008 21:56
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Of course it doesn’t. The constitution does, however, prohibit people from attempting to force others to pray with them in a federal system like schools. The context within the United States Constitution that speaks of religion applies to everyone everywhere in America, not just a particular branch of the government or certain groups of people. The constitution grants everyone the freedom of religion. This also means it protects individual religions from being overturned by the majority. If Christians want the Ten Commandments placed in public school facilities due to claims about how the constitution “allows” it, then by the same tactics every other religion should also be allowed to placed up their religious laws in any school building they wish (as well as commence in their own religious prayers in the same manner as Christians would do). Most Christians I’ve encountered about the point I just made are against the idea, hinting that they care less for being fair and more for being dominant. The mistake many Christians I see make is believing that they’re the only religion out there.
 
 Hizashi  29 Sep 2008 20:56
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 Hizashi- The schools are not federal. We have Federal Dept. of education (not allowed for in the constituition!) but the states run the schools. No, the 'context' does not apply to 'everyone,everywhere'. It says "CONGRESS shall make no provision ...'. Pretty clear. no?

As far as every other religion being allowed to place their symbols- That too, would be left up to the schools and the people in the individual states to decide how to handle that. There in an (unfortunately) archaic term known as 'states rights' that has been forgotten. We are not 50 counties in one big federal state but 50 individual states.
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 29 Sep 2008 23:17
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