Should school prayer be prohibited?

[dimpy.handa]

Students may pray when not engaged in school activities or instruction, subject to the same rules designed to prevent material disruption of the educational program that are applied to other privately initiated expressive activities. Among other things, students may read their Bibles or other scriptures, say grace before meals, and pray or study religious materials with fellow students during recess, the lunch hour, or other non-instructional time to the same extent that they may engage in nonreligious activities.

 

[swatiraohnlu]

American public schools are secular institutions by design. Prayer, while shared by many people, is not shared by all people. It has no place in public schools. Prayer cannot be reduced to "well it doesn't hurt anybody". It is not a part of everyone's life and has no place in secular education.