She estimated that half of the 4,000-member audience participated in the prayer. She added that the ACLU is investigating the incident. Many recent court decisions have ruled that school prayer at graduation is unconstitutional because it violates separation of church and state. However, scrutiny of the Founding Fathers intent during the Constitutional Convention reveals that they encouraged prayer in the schools. The Free Exercise Clause of the U. S. Constitution says that the government cannot prohibit the free exercise of religion .
Prayer is an exercise of religion.
When courts rule that it is not permitted in the schools, they are violating the constitutional rights of students. Religious expression is one of our most cherished rights. We must continue to fight any and all attempts to curtail this right.