[MissAmericanPie]

"And we have experienced the quiet as well as the comfort, which results from leaving every one to profess freely and openly those principles of religion, which are the inductions of his own reason and the serious convictions of his own inquiries."--"

Perhaps Jefferson should hop out of his grave and explain how not allowing students to pray before a sports event, or at their comensements, leads to anything but quiet?

For it surely provides no comfort to the majority of citizens.

[Luis Gonzalez]

"Perhaps Jefferson should hop out of his grave and explain how not allowing students to pray before a sports event."

I watch students pray before sporting events all the time, there's no one compelling them to do so as a group, but they pray. Some alone, some in small groups.

I asked my neighbor's daughters (very devout family) about prayer in school, and they pray...they are not led to prayer by anyone...they pray, and no one tells them they can't.

There's a difference between "not allowing" students to pray, and not allowing the school to set aside time to lead everyone in prayer.

Honestly, would you feel comfortable having school bureocrats composing a non-denominational, all-inclusive prayer to lead students on a daily basis?

I wouldn't, in fact, I would demand that my children be allowed to pray privately.