Prayer in Public Schools Prayer is a personal petition between an individual and God. A vote against this legislation is not a vote against prayer.
Students already have the right to pray in student-led Bible study groups under the Free Access Law.
A vote against this legislation would still leave young people with the right to explore their faith at home under the direction and support of family. A vote against this legislation would leave young people free to explore their faith at their church, synagogue, temple or mosque under the supervision of trained clergy and lay leadership. If school officials are allowed to lead prayer or Bible study, impressionable young students may be subjected to forms of prayer or religious behavior that is alien to the faith of their families. Each morning her grade school teacher would read a passage from the Bible to the class. After each and every reading, the teacher tore the page out of the Bible and threw the page away.