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The article view only represents a US view on public prayer. What about the rest of the world? I don't know the command to put a label on the top page saying that the article does not represent a world view. This article could use one I think. Arm 00:56, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
One thing about this article: no one ever said that kids can't pray in school at all. I changed the article to reflect the fact that it was MANDATORY prayer eliminated from public school, not prayer altogether.
What the article conspicuously lacks is a history of school prayer. It has a history of decisions affecting it, but it does not discuss whose bright idea it was in the first place! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.217.142.210 ( talk) 18:51, 26 December 2008 (UTC)
The last sentence in the Reinstatement paragraph is very biased and pushing an agenda: "Lou Engle, founder of The Call movement, has proposed a correlation between the prohibition of school prayer in 1962 and 1963 and the decline of SAT scores, increase of teen pregnancies and increase of children born out of wedlock in those same years." The link for this has no information on this claim. Its just a Christian website. -- Punkrocker27ka ( talk) 04:42, 20 October 2009 (UTC)
I heard of a few graduations across the US that were devoid of prayer due to complaints. I know for certain one happened in my school, Munford, and I also heard something about a school in Kentucky. I would appreciate help in expanding the new subsection. Neutronium 05:49, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
I think it will be hard to find any sources confirming the practice of "mandatory" (student-led but made mandatory by the administration) prayers at graduations. At my graduation (high school in Indiana) there were 2 student-led prayers which were basically mandatory. They were not mentioned in the program (but mentioned during practice) and I assume (I am just a foreign exchange student so I don't have extremely deep insight into K12 education) it is the same in most other high schools, at least in the Bible Belt. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.25.153.16 ( talk) 02:52, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
It's strange to mention Canada in the introduction but not have a section for that country. The actual right protected is "freedom of conscience and religion", the reason being that school prayers would be prejudicial against students of different religions. The ban does not apply to all "state" schools, as prayers are still allowed in separate schools. —Preceding unsigned comment added by The Four Deuces ( talk • contribs) 05:28, 17 December 2008 (UTC)
I'm adding Congress's CRS reports to their relevant talk pages, since they're so thorough and you can just copy-and-cite the content ... here's yours:
PS with this information, you should be able to create a stand-alone article School prayer (United States), which would be long overdue ... Agradman talk/ contribs 00:38, 2 July 2009 (UTC)
This article needs more information about private individuals who have been forbidden from doing religious acts such as praying by the government. Cousin Kevin ( talk) 22:37, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
As long as there are final exams, there will be prayer in school. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.175.225.22 ( talk) 14:08, 26 July 2010 (UTC)