Im a senior and Ive made a petition on trying to get Prayer and the Ten Commandments back in our School. 2020, NCES Blog: New Report on Crime and Safety in Schools and on College Campuses, 2020, U.S. Public School Students Enrolled in Schools With Violent Incidents and Hate Crimes, 2019, Crime, Violence, Discipline, and Safety in U.S. Public Schools: Findings From the School Survey on Crime and Safety: 201718, 2019, NCES Blog: New Data Available on Crime and Safety in Public Schools, 2019, Student Victimization in U.S. Schools: Results From the 2017 School Crime Supplement to the National Crime Victimization Survey, 2018, Students' Relationships in School and Feelings About Personal Safety at School. I dont why public prayer s seen as a Godly thing when it clearly is against jesus teachings. Without God, we have no objective standard by which we can condemn evil (rendering everything, including evil, acceptable). Hell not all bad people are BAD people. You bash atheists/agnostics all the time but when they turn around to bash back, you act like youre the victim. California , we are already The Christian Right, while advocating Christian prayers in Schools, also voted against health care for the poor; they are against bussing black kids to white schools. You shall have no other gods before Me. Jesus said Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these-Matthew 19:14 Prayer should have never been taken out of Americas schools. It doesnt seem fair that you can talk bad about our religion and the Lord in his self but we cant talk good about Him. I am about the same age as you, and heres an interesting point for your school paper: Students have the right to openly pray in public schools! I will like to start prayer in the schools of Moses Lake, Wa. This country was founded on the principle of freedom of religion and freedom of speech. Honestly i think that if people want to pray on their own time let them. I plan to be at that board meeting. Wow, here we go again. Remember, be careful of confirmation bias. The situation has become so absurd that congressional prayers cannot be voluntarily read in a school building. Amen! Church may also be a good time for that kind of stuff. That would be like me telling you that in order to go to my school, you must worship the devil. Praise the name of Jesus. Please, dont misuse your Gods given freedom. The Arabic Drug Empire is the only one in the world that seeks to kill every last man woman and child in the world in order for their chosen few can repopulate the world. it all . Its freedom of religion, not freedom FROM religion. And you are all doing a huge disrespect to people that have actually been put through pain and killed over their religious beliefs in other less-free nations, and in other places in the past. Since prayer was removed from public school classrooms in 1962, we have had a six-fold increase in violent crime, our divorce rate has tripled, births to single mothers have increased five-fold, the teenage suicide rate has tripled, and SAT scores (standardized college entrance test) have dropped 80 points (approximately 10%). Your website has provided me with that information. Note the dotted line at the bottom, which shows the rate of growth prior to the 1962 decision. It might be allowed to organized by a school official, but kids pray all the time. But after parents complained, the song was taken out altogether, then re-inserted after media onslaught. So if you want to pray to express yourself, then go ahead! Students and staff members could choose to pray, to think positive thoughts about the day, to focus their minds for learning, or to not think about any one specific thing. Real different from the way you pray., She said,Hail Mary mother of God, pray for us sinners. I was standing on the front steps of the school when the final bell rang. Your morals, mean nothing to a person that is of another religious affiliation. Personally, I see it as one of those judge not lest scenarios: Bartons thesis says nothing about America, but says everything about his conception of god. suffering from the consequences of our own Comparing our country to any other countrys statistic on mass shootings, or even our own statistics on school shootings from the 1700s to present day, Id have to say the main denominator, would be gun access, and the ability to kill rapidly and efficiently. Lamentably, moderate and liberal Muslims have been mute as there leftist ISIS and the Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas, Hezbollah, and other Muslim terrorists groups have killed, crucified, maimed, incarcerate, and tortured thousands upon thousands of Christians in Iran, Iraq, Kurdish, Egypt, Libya, Syria, Palestine, Lebanon, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Congo, Nigeria, Pakistan, India, Phillipines, Malaysia, and Indonesia. We hoped someone would sue us so we could go all the way to the supreme court and get the old devil-inspired ruling reversed. The ruling simply puts an official stamp on our national desire to rule ourselves and not be ruled by the creator of the universe. only God himself can turn this world around and i believe He is tired of all the corruption caused by man. And you even threw in Reagan! Jeremiah 1:12! Let me explain why I believe self-esteem is a fallacy. You know what is so ironic? You believe that because our nation was built on Christian Principles is the only proof you need to validate the bringing of prayer back to public schools. Taking God out of school has a direct correlation with the state of our moral decline and this is something that cannot be refuted as many people have lived to experience both periods in time. "There was no crime wavethere was a tsunami of lethal violence, and that's it," Philip Cook, a crime expert at Duke University, wrote to me in an email. When did the Supreme Court remove Bible reading and prayer from public schools? (Which has nothing to do with the main topic of prayer in schools in the first place.) For full functionality of this site it is necessary to enable JavaScript. here is the link..http://signon.org/sign/dear-god?source=c.url&rby=. May GOD always bless America; but I hope Every single American will NOT be bullied by the Muslims. 2021, Crime and Safety Surveys (CSS): This site provides access to publications and data on school crime and safety. I think that its wrong that the Supreme Court should ban Praying in Public Schools! Not at all. Judge not(matthew 7 v1) and you wont be Judged, I dont think just because there is some kids that dont believe in God at school that God and prayer should be taken out of them. These types of Christians only care about themselves and THEIR beliefs. 9 in Hyde Park, New York had violated the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution by directing the districts' principals to cause the following prayer to be said aloud by each class in the presence of a teacher at the beginning of each school day: "Almighty God, we . All were suspended for 3 days and my nieces mother was told to keep her daughter home until she understood that she was NOT ALLOWED to pray at school. If it is a public school it should be a place where all cultures and all religions and all people should be able to come and feel comfortable in order to do what they are there to do which Im sorry is not to learn about religion. You know, a place where religious people can choose to go to and learn about their religion? their faith as they saw fit . Thanks for having a heart inclined towards Jesus. All you Christians go crazy over prayer not being in public schools. In our grief and despair in the midst of hate, in our sense of helplessness in the face of violence, we lean on you. All of you who want prayer out of schools keep saying go to a Christian school but why should we have to go to Christian school when the very foundation of the public was founded on Christianty? 4 In 2020, schools across the country suspended or modified in-person classes in accordance with federal, state, and local guidance related to the risks associated with the coronavirus pandemic. I just think it Started going down hill when they abolished group Prayer in schools in the 60s. how far does it have to go before christians do something about it? I really liked this artical. Explodes the myths of the liberal critics and the movies, books and television programs that have popularized their views. The devil is busy and hes targeting us, the youth, and the future. Not all prisoners are bad people. Im quite surprised at the complete ignorance of our nations past in this article and the comments, all this talk of how God made America great and rich and before the 60s morality was strong. We need to once again pray in our nation and in our homes! Figure 3: Unwed women 15-19 years of age showed a phenomenal increase in the rate of pregnancies after the School Prayer decision. Your argument is breaking the Bill of Rights by infringing on the rights of those who do not wish to pray, or at the very least do not wish to pray in a public place in such a way. Well or country is doing that right now with legalizing same sex unions. Dont be fooled by Firstly, you are NO in position to judge Christ at all. It may be your last chance.If you don`t want to acknowledge me ,thats fine,but at least I tried. What a hypocritical message we send to our children when we allow laws to be passed which limit the free expression of speech in public by banning public prayer in classrooms. Rita I agree with everything you just said. Prayer was never forced when I went to school, it was a freedom of choice for a child. my point with this story is people think its okay to be athiest, or be muslim, or satanist. I am currently writing an article review and was in need of statistics to support my theory that prayer should be continued in public school systems across America. For detailed state-level data on the percentage of students in grades 912 who reported using marijuana at least 1 time during the previous 30 days, see the table on current marijuana use for all locations in the YRBSS Youth Online Data Analysis Tool. I disagree with Patrick Fischers two conclusions about the Crusades and the separation of church and state. All told, Bartons thesis is ridiculous on the face of it. Prayer in schools is meaningless unless God is meaningful. School prayer in the United States if organized by the school is largely banned from public elementary, middle and high schools by a series of Supreme Court decisions since 1962. I remember feeling safe and unified. I dont believe in elimating evolution and teaching the BS Adam and Eve story. As you might have already noticed on Mr. Bartons graph, Americas moral decline rapidly accelerated following one event the U.S. Supreme Courts removal of prayer from our nations schools. I politely explained I wasnt prejudiced against Catholics but I would appreciate Billy being transferred to a non-Catholic teacher. The hostility against religion in general, but Christianity in particular, can . And if any of you are saying Well what about the belt? there is a difference between getting a belt to the butt and physically assaulting your child multiple times with your fists. supported prayers given by Now instead of killing those who confessed Christ as their savior, he killed those who would not accept his faith. As someone stated correlation does not equal causation. Because no one knows what the right one is. We need to do something, this has to be changed, please lets get a big rally together and let it be taken care of,, one woman had it taken out, how do I!!! But students are allowed to meet and pray on school grounds as long as they do so privately and don't try to force others to do the same. Im here to tell you that prayer is alive and well in schools all over the country. Im trying to see everyones stand point, but 99% of them seem to be ridiculous. You mean to tell me all them years an Atheist person that doesnt beleive in God took Prayers out shame on our Congress. How many are willing to go to prison for standing up? Our nation was founded on the freedom to publicly acknowledge Gods existence. If we do our job right we will return to a more righteous life . Our government has failed to educate our kids and should get out of the education business. I lived before 1962 and I can tell you that things were different. The trials in which you cited were ruled as such to protect and uphold the Bill of Rights, not to conform to the Ten Commandments, which have no place in government or judicial rulings. Why are there so many religions in the world. It is our jobs to teach the faith of our kids - why do we keep sending them to public school. Unlike Islam, Christianity did not begin with the sword as Mohammed forced non-Muslims, Christians, and Jews by the sword to convert to Islam or die. 7 Serious violent incidents include rape or attempted rape, sexual assault other than rape, physical attacks or fights with a weapon, threat of physical attacks with a weapon, and robbery with or without a weapon. from a spiritual viewpoint too . 1 David Barton, America: To Pray or Not to Pray, (Aledo, TX: Speciality Research Associates). In 1964, Madalyn Murray O'Hair appeared in Life magazine, her infamy warranting a headline branding her " The Most Hated Woman in America .". School age children face so many problems and trials and if they are of a Christian faith, they need Gods guidance and protection. any kid can pray to any god at school. the very next day as people pulled up at the school they noticed something going on at the spot where this girl was hit. You people are running on a one track mind if you believe so. It begins the moment you ask Christ Jesus to be the Savior and Lord of your life here on earth, and you live obediently to His commands and example. We should acknowledge Gods hand in all aspects of our lives. U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences. Since prayer has been taken out of the school system we have seen a decline in our children with perversion, gangs, homosexuality and murder to name a few. 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