Prayer in Schools

I found this article on Dave's blog in the comments section from this post. The author wrote this a few years ago apparently. This topic can be very confusing indeed. I like the way he brings the legal issues together on this.

I don't have any problem with students doing their own prayers for themselves. I doubt anyone would. I like the three prongs of the Lemon test. I think that is a good standard to go by. Believe it or not, I don't think the government should be legislating morality. That's not their role. I also don't think of schools as 'religion free zones'. Kids should be able to openly discuss how they feel amongst themselves as long as they have willing listeners. Obviously this shouldn't interfere with other students or the ability to learn. I don't have a problem with a moment of silence daily for personal reflection, meditation, and/or prayer. I can see how that might fail the Lemon test for the possible advancement of religion. I could argue the psychological benefits of daily personal reflection, but I don't know if that would be convincing. I will probably come up with more on this later, but for now, I'll go ahead and post this to gather others thoughts on the subject.