"And I'm sure you remember the hero of all atheists, Madelyn Murray O'Hare (God rest her soul - lol). She led the charge to get God out of schools. Perhaps you've heard of her.
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I have heard of her, but she spelled her last name O'Hair, not O'Hare, which is an airport near Chicago.
I suppose the prayers you heard were Christian prayers, not Jewish ones. What about the kids in your classroom who were Jewish. Were those prayers fair to them?
I'm afraid that we live in a country that has citizens who worship every known religion. Their children attend classes in our public schools, too. The Bible is not the scripture of any religions other than Christianity. Even Judaism does not use the Christian Bible as scripture.
The reason the Bible is no longer read in public school classrooms, nor are prayers recited in those classrooms is not because of Mrs. O'Hair. It is because it is inappropriate when all students may not use the same scripture, nor recite the same prayers. Their parents teach them some other religion at home, and do not wish their children to be taught a different religion in the public school.
It's very simple, and fair. Nobody prevents anyone from teaching whatever religion they wish to their children. That's not the job of the school.