First Amendment: Mandatory Prayer In Public Schools

First Amendment The First Amendment provides: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise.” These two clauses are referred to as the “establishment clause” and the “free exercise clause.” The free exercise clause protects the religious beliefs, and to a certain extent, the religious practices of all citizens. The more controversial Establishment Clause prohibits the government from participating in religious activities and/or organizations. Mandatory prayer in schools would constitute an improper establishment of religion and would also interfere with the free exercise rights of those students who did not believe in that particular prayer or prayer in general. There is, however, a very thin line between the two clauses. If the

Many of the Baptist organizations had made a significant amount of monetary donations to communities throughout the southern states. When it rose to attention of the state legislature that many of the churches would close down their doors. Despite the fact that the stadiums were rented out between five thousand and twelve thousand dollars per event. The legislature passed a special bill which allowed the churches to use the facility rent free which ran afoul the Establishment Clause. The establishment clause was set in place to set a fine line to separate church and state. The establishment clause is when Congress shall make no law “respecting the establishment of religion. There shall be no legal ruling that regard religion nor shall it be interpreted in various ways. Thus, separating church and state in the United States. Although there is a separation, the people can only be left to wander on how high and wide that wall is. It can be tall and thin, but short and definitely set in