Prayer in Public Schools and the Constitution, 1961-1992
Subtitle: Government-Sponsored Religious Activities in Public Schools and the Constitution (Controversies in Constitutional Law)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: March 1, 1993
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 476
ISBN-13: 9780815312727
Subjects: Central government policies; Constitutional & administrative law; Organization & management of education; Prayer in the public schools; Education And The State; Legal Reference / Law Profession; Law; United States; Civil Procedure; Law / General; Constitutional; Law and legislation
First sentence: Because of the prohibition of the First Amendment against the enactment of any law "respecting an establishment of religion," which is made applicable to the States by the Fourteenth Amendment, state officials may not compose an official state prayer and require that it be recited in the public schools of the State at the beginning of each school day-even if the prayer is denominationally neutral and pupils who wish to do so may remain silent or be excused from the room while the prayer is being recited.