Public schools exist to educate, not to proselytize. Religion is private, and schools are public, so it is appropriate that the two should not mix. Our public schools are for all children, whether Catholic, Baptist, Quaker, atheist, Buddhist, Jewish, agnostic. The schools are supported by all taxpayers, and therefore should be free of religious observances. When religion has invaded our public school system, it has singled out the lone Jewish student, the class Unitarian or …
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…no prayers offered at the Constitutional Convention, which shows their intent to separate religion from secular affairs. "Thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men... "But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret." - Matt. 6:5-6