I am not lying. Shame on you for that accusation. Did all of the students in the room behave that way? No. It was usually between two and four of them. Did the other students laugh at their antics? Yes. I have given you legitimate reasons why prayer and Bible study should not be a part of PUBLIC schools. If you want that sort of thing, a parochial school is the proper place.
Reading the Bible was normal and common practice in public schools until it was banned around 1962
It was banned because it was ruled to be Unconstitutional, which is the the correct ruling. Students in a school with mandatory attendance are "captive" to the classroom. Christian services with Muslin, Buddhist, Shinto, Native American, or people of any other faith constitutes a clear case of a State religion.
Stop pretending the right to pray individually in schools is the same as teachers teaching prayer. Doesn’t take a genius to understand the difference.
The First Amendment of the Bill of Rights, did not provide any avenue for the U.S. Supreme Court to “rule” against reading the Christian Bible anywhere.
The United States of America was a Christian nation from the start; but, because of different Christian religion followings of Jesus Christ, the Founding Fathers - developers of the First Amendment - agreed that none of the different Christian religion followings of Jesus Christ, would be the official religion and/or official Church of the United States of America.
“The separation of Church and State” is a misnomer. The many religious symbols that mark many thousands of acres of federal government military cemetaries and reservations are testimony to, “under God.”
The U.S. Supreme Court would be shown the door, by “ruling” that all the religious symbols be removed from those grounds.
The U.S. Supreme Court would be shown the door, by “ruling” that Christian services and reading from the Bible are prohibited on those grounds.
By the way, a PUBLIC SCHOOL is neither The Congress nor The Federal Government.