Consequently, if one is forced to pray to another god, he or she cannot freely exercise his or her own religion. Therefore one's rights are infringed upon when any employee of the state leads a prayer specific to their own faith. I believe that there is no God. By being told to pray, I'd be forced to go against my beliefs and thus my constitutional right to freedom of religion would be violated. Furthermore, continual prayer in the classroom would have a definite impact on students, especially on those in elementary school.
Students are young and impressionable.
Students do have the right to pray on their own. The Constitution guarantees freedom of religion. The Constitution respects that right by prohibiting an official state religion. School prayer strips that right away.