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School Prayer Amendment

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purposes as part of the Constitution if ratified by the legislatures of at least three-fourths of the several States within seven years from the date of its proposal to the States by the Congress: ``Article-- ``Nothing in this Constitution shall be construed to prohibit individual or group prayer in public schools or other public institutions. No person shall be required by the United States or by any State to participate in prayer. Neither the United States nor any State shall prescribe the content of any such prayer.
135:. A New York policy required schools to begin each day with a word of prayer. Regarding this case, Justice Hugo Black wrote "... the constitutional prohibition against laws respecting an establishment of religion must at least mean that in this country it is no part of the business of government to compose official prayers for any group of the American people to recite as a part of a religious program carried on by government." 25: 152:. A change to Alabama's moment-of-silence law included a requirement that the moment of silence must be for "meditation or voluntary prayer." The Court saw the change as government promotion of prayer in the schools, and overturned the change to the law. The justices explained that a moment of silence is appropriate, but not for any religious purpose. 178:
Nothing in this Constitution shall be construed to prohibit individual or group prayer in public schools or other public institutions. No person shall be required by the United States or by any State to participate in prayer. Neither the United States nor any State shall prescribe the content of any
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SECTION 1. To secure the people's right to acknowledge God according to the dictates of conscience: The people's right to pray and to recognize their religious beliefs, heritage, or traditions on public property, including schools, shall not be infringed. The Government shall not require any person
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Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the following article is hereby proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all intents and
233:, proposed the amendment on May 8, 1997. In March 1998, the Judiciary Committee passed the bill by a 16โ€“11 vote. On June 4, 1998, the full House voted on the amendment, 224โ€“203 in favor. The vote was 61 short of the two-thirds majority required by 1325: 1143: 1080: 1181: 1550: 240:
Istook reintroduced the amendment to Congress twice: first in 1999 as the House Joint Resolution 66 and in 2001 as the "Religious Speech Amendment". Byrd proposed the amendment again on April 29, 2006.
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intended by its proponents to protect the right of the students if they wish, to voluntarily pray in schools, although opponents argue it allows for government-sponsored prayer.
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to join in prayer or other religious activity, initiate or designate school prayers, discriminate against religion, or deny equal access to a benefit on account of religion.
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required that school faculties should neither promote nor degrade religion. The Supreme Court next examined school prayer in 1985 with the case of
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on December 11, 2011: "I would support a constitutional amendment that allows our children to pray in school anytime they would like."
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found that 61% supported a School Prayer Amendment, 31% opposed it, and 8% had no opinion.
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The history of school prayer amendment began in 1962 with the Supreme Court case of
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Though the proposed amendment failed to be adopted, it led to the passing of the
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Washington, U. S. Capitol Room H154; p:225-7000, DC 20515-6601 (1998-06-04).
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proposed the amendment in 1962, 1973, 1979, 1982, 1993, 1995, and 1997.
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found that 76% of Americans favor "a constitutional amendment".
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Proposed amendments to the United States Constitution
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have all expressed opposition to this amendment. The
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Proposed amendment to the United States Constitution
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Engel v. Vitale
Abington School District v. Schempp
United States Supreme Court
government mandated school prayer
Establishment Clause
First Amendment
Wallace v. Jaffree
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Senator
Robert Byrd
West Virginia
The New York Times
House of Representatives
Henry Hyde
House Judiciary Committee
Ernest Istook
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Oklahoma's 5th congressional district
Article Five of the United States Constitution
Equal Access Act
Rick Perry
Texas
a former candidate for the 2012 presidential election

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