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ARRoGANT CoURiERS WiTH ESSaYS
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Grade Level: Type of Work Subject/Topic is on:
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[ ]6-8 [ ]Class Notes [Report on Religion in ]
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[ ]9-10 [ ]Cliff Notes [Public Schools ]
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[x]11-12 [x]Essay/Report [ ]
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[ ]College [ ]Misc [ ]
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Dizzed: 07/94 # of Words:1093 School: ? State: ?
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ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>Chop Here>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
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RELIGION IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
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In the past Religion was confined to the state now with religious
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freedom everything has changed or at least started to change. In order for
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religion to be in a private school now it is again trying to be in Public
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schools. People ask "why can't freedom to acknowledge god be enjoyed again
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by children in every schoolroom across this land?" In the past, a
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long time ago children always prayed before class started and before lunch.
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But things h ave changed, "in 1791 the separation of church and
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state" started. Although it was made clear about the separation of
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the two "as late as 1951 some twenty states permitted schools to begin the
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day by reading aloud a passage of the bible." Bu t that had to stop.
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People didn't have the same beliefs when it comes to religion, if a family
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absent even believe in god why should their child be forced to pray? On
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many different occasions questions similar to this one were brought up and
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complained about. That is what started it all real big.
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When complaining, arguing and fighting all started over the silent
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moment. In 1978 a few lawyers got together and considered a constitutional
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law. The original law said that public school teachers in gr ades 1-6
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"shall announce that a period of silence, not to exceed one minute, shall
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be observed for meditation." This law did not work for long, because it
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still allowed oral prayer in public high schools. Later in 1981, the
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Alabama State Senator D onald G. Holmes successfully passed a bill that
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included all grades calling it "the moment of silence" this law said that
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"the teacher (was) to announce that the silent moment may be used for
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voluntary prayer." Although it would have to be si lent prayer. Even after
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this new law started the lawyers that were opposed to this were trying to
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say that students "do not have a right to pray in school" silently or
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otherwise because of growing impressions that affect their life. The
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silent mom ent supposedly "(forced) religion on children." I don't agree
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with that at all, if there has to be a moment of silence then any child can
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use that moment however he or she wants, it does not necessarily have to be
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used fro prayer. Usually "the chi ldren who have been brought up with
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prayer or some type of religion are usually proven to be better" kids. I
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have friends who go to private schools where praying in class out loud is
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perfectly O.K. and normal. This praying in the classroom usually would
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have a pretty good size affect on the rest of a person's life. Although
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when praying aloud it could force one type of religion on a student rather
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than having them have more of a choice of what type of religion they want
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or if they even want to ha ve a religion. When there would be the religion
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in the classrooms. "School children not participating in the prayers or
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the bible readings (would be) asked or required to leave the room."0 This
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has been another big dispute because the bill of rig hts states that there
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shall be "freedom of religion"1 therefore this means that if a person does
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not believe in god or what ever the instance might be then they don't have
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to. This means if you want to have any type of religion you may. The
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childr en who are forced to leave the classroom to stand in the hall are
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forced to make a statement that says "we do not believe in te god of te
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state (or) we do not believe that prayer should be publicly displayed in a
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public schoolhouse."This was all thought to be by mainly every one all
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wrong, therefore if a child wished not to participate in the pledge o
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allegiance or what ever it might be they did not have to leave the
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classroom, stand silently in the halls, or write a statement in stead they
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were allowed to just sit quietly in their seats.
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Religion in public schools would be good for certain students but the
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silent moment is good enough for now. Since religion has been tried in
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public schools and hasn't exactly worked, the groups of children who wish
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to have prayer meetings with other school members are allowed to have
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meetings, groups, clubs, ect. before, at lunch or after school.
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"Religion (in the public schools) can change a persons life"3 if a
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parent wants their child to have religion they can send their child to a
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private school and if a parent does not want their child to pressured in to
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having a religion they should be able to send their child to a public
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school and if he or she wishes to atend meetings then they can do so on
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their own.
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Religion can change a person life sometimes for the better, but then
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again sometimes for the worse, although the silent moment cannot affect
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anything "freedom to acknowledge god in every school room across this
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land,"4 wouldn't al ways be a bad idea.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
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"School Board Bans Open Forums to Prohibit a Student Group Prayer."\Christ
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Today\(February 1, 1985) 48-49.
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Bosmajian, Haig. "To Pray or Not to Pray"\The Humanist
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Magazine,\(January/February, 198 5) 13-17.
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Gest, Ted. "What High Court Heard About School Prayer."\U.S.
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News,\(December 17, 1984) 71.
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Lewis, C. Anne. "Creeping Religiosity and Federal Education Policy."\PHI
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Delta Kappan,\(November, 1984) 163-164.
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Roberts, Fransis. "The Uproar Over Sch ool Prayer."\Parents,\(January
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18,1985) 55-57.
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FOOTNOTES
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Fransis Roberts, "The Uproar Over School Prayer,"\Parents,\(November,
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1984), p.38.
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Roberts, p.39.
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Roberts, p.38
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Beth Spring, "Can St ates Allow Prayer in Public Schools?"\News
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World,\(January 18, 1985), p.56.
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Spring, p.57
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Roberts, p.38
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Spring, p.57
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Ted Gest, "What High Court Heard About School Prayer,"\U.S.
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News,\(December 17, 1984), p.71 .
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Haig Bosmajian, "To Pray or Not To Pray,"\The
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Humanist\(January/February, 1985), p.14.
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0Bosmajian, p.15.
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1Gest, p.71.
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2Bosmajian, p.15.
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3Anne Lewis, "Creeping Religiosity and Federal Education
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Policy,"\PHI Delta Kappan,\(November, 1984), p.163.
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4Roberts, p.38
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THESIS
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Freedom to acknowledge God by children in every school room across this
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land can sometimes but not always be acknowledged.
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