give up. Even nowadays in some countries, it is still illegal to be a Christian and carry a Bible. If you break these two laws, you will probably be thrown in jail. If we are taught about the different religions that are out there at a young age, we could help prevent children from being made fun of because we will have a better understanding of their beliefs.
             Religion is a very controversial issue, especially when it comes to religion and prayer in public schools. In the case of Engel v. Vitale in 1962, it was decided that school prayer was unconstitutional. With this case, it was pointed out that the students were to voluntarily recite a prayer. The court ruled that "...state officials may not compose an official state prayer and require that it be recited in the public schools of the State..." (Engel v. Vitale 422-436). In response to the Engel v. Vitale cause, some schools adopted a moment of silence.
             When it comes to religion in schools, people really don't think of holidays.
             Usually schools have some kind of Christmas play or do something around Christmas time, not knowing that Christmas celebrates the birth of Jesus. If the courts are so worried about taking religion out of the school systems, then why don't they also ban holidays in schools? Holidays also have some kind of religious background to them. Christmas celebrates the birth of Jesus, Easter celebrates the resurrection and Halloween celebrates All Hallows Eve. I think the courts should just forget about banning religion in the schools because no matter how hard they try someone will always find away around it.
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