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Reason 1- By allowing national prayer, we respect the founding father's laws set up for us.
In the US people are already given the right to pray, public or in private, kids already are allowed to pray in schools, therefore we can assume the founding fathers would not mind this change.
Reason 2- National prayer allows for people to express their true feelings.
Reason 3- Freedom of speech- The First Amendment of the United States Constitution protects the right to freedom of religion and freedom of expression from government interference
Reason 4- In the Pledge of Allegiance it says “Under God” and I find that acceptable because the founding fathers put that as a respect to the nation.
Reason 5- Although in the article it says “Give me an example of a prayer that would be acceptable to Christians, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus… Wiccans, Baha’i,” I think that even though all these religions have different beliefs, they have one thing in common: that is they all believe that there is a God. People come to America just for the freedom of speech and religion, so there should be no reason to remove prayers in public places.

Reason 1- By allowing national prayer, we respect the founding father's laws set up for us.
In the US people are already given the right to pray, public or in private, kids already are allowed to pray in schools, therefore we can assume the founding fathers would not mind this change.
Reason 2- National prayer allows for people to express their true feelings.
Reason 3- Freedom of speech- The First Amendment of the United States Constitution protects the right to freedom of religion and freedom of expression from government interference
Reason 4- In the Pledge of Allegiance it says “Under God” and I find that acceptable because the founding fathers put that as a respect to the nation.
Reason 5- Although in the article it says “Give me an example of a prayer that would be acceptable to Christians, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus…

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