Religion In Public Schools
Beginning of paper
In the past Religion was confined to the state now with religious
freedom everything has changed or at least started to change. In order for
religion to be in a private school now it is again trying to be in Public
schools. People ask "why can't freedom to acknowledge god be enjoyed again
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Middle of paper
.... When complaining, arguing and fighting all started over the silent
moment. In 1978 a few lawyers got together and considered a constitutional
law. The original law said that public school teachers in gr ades 1-6
"shall announce that a period of silence, not to exceed one minute, shall
be observed for meditation." This law did not work for long, because it
still allowed oral prayer in public high schools. Later in 1981, the
Alabama State Senator D onald G. Holmes successfully passed ....
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