Is praying in school really allowed? Do the majority of children that do want to pray get put down or get frowned upon? Well that answer to that question years ago would have been that praying in school was a part of everyday routine. These days it doesn't look so good considering most of us just put it a side and said it was easier to dill with this way. Children's right to pray were ever they choose is being taken away. As a U.S. citizen they are entitled to their right to do so. But as religion has became more varied and diverse, some became offended by what was perceived as Christian expectations in the public school system. Consequently, after much objection, the right to pray in schools came to be seen as a violation of civil liberties and even unconstitutional. Is this not two sided Doesn't it violate the Civil Liberties of both parties? At the heart of all the controversy is the separation of church and state and the what society says is a problem with school prayer. Prayer in school does matter and it is still an issue today. It is not seen much in West Virginia with cases of people fighting to get prayer back but in places like Alabama it is a well known topic.
             The problem with prayer in school to some children and parents is that the choices that were given we given to the students that were not religious were unfair. For example: Suppose that your school day begins with the principal reciting a prayer and you the child did not want to participate. You would have been given three options, you could have recited the prayer even though you didn't agree, you could have sat there quietly, or you could have excused yourself from the classroom and stood in the hallway. Some felt the first two choices were not really choices because they denied you of your basic right to freedom of religion and they left you with out the right to make choices about the religious teachings you believe in. The third cho...