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The Pros And Cons Of Reinstating Prayer In Public Schools

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bullying, homosexuality, and the spread of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) and other occurrences of immorality. The cons of reinstating prayer within the schools would violate the Establishment Clause because public schools are funded by the government, it would violate the separation of church and state because schools were built for education, not religious expressions. Students have been given the legal right to pray in non-disruptive ways (no singing, or chanting, or expression of healing). Students are not to highlight religious differences, by force or threat, it should remain neutral and currently, there is no doctrine that honors religions as a whole which violates one's own

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