A very controversial widespread issue today is the right to have prayer
             in public schools. The proposed amendment reads:
             "To secure the people's right to acknowledge God according to the dictates
             of conscience. The people's rights to pray and to recognize their belief,
             heritage or traditions on public property, shall not be infringed. The
             government shall not require any person to join in the prayer or religious
             activity, initiate or designate school prayers, discriminate against any
             religion, or deny equal access to benefit on account of religion. (AVSP)"
             This would permit but not mandate school prayer. I think that the
             government should be focused on the school's academics, not what religion
             they are to study. The proposed amendments would cause nothing but
             trouble considering that there would be many arguments on what beliefs
             should be taught. Religion is private and schools are public.
             Having any prayer in school goes against the basis in which our
             country was formed upon. America came into being because colonists
             wanted religious freedom. Our founding fathers carefully wrote the
             constitution to grant the freedom of separation of church and state. A
             prayer created and supported by a government violate the very essence of
             the spirit in which the US was formed. (Haas35)
             Therefore, having a prayer in school would be unconstitutional. "A
             radical school prayer amendment would attack the heart and soul of the bill
             of rights which safeguards the rights of the individual from tyranny of the
             individual." (Jasper96) Teachers are public employees, paid by the
             taxpayers. The time it takes to recite a prayer is an expenditure of tax
             dollars. (Haas36 ) This is a violation of the separation of church and state.
             This whole issue is a big waste of time because students do have the
             right to pray at school. No one can stop them from praying ind...