Prayer In Public Schools

"...Schools do more than train children's minds. They also help to nurture their souls by reinforcing the values they learn at home and in their communities. I believe that one of the best ways we can help out schools to do this is by supporting students'rights to voluntarily practice their religious beliefs, including prayer in schools.... For more than 200 years, the First Amendment has protected our religious freedom and allowed many Faiths to flourish in our homes, in our work place and in our schools. Clearly understood And sensibly applied, it works."

President Clinton. May 30, 2006

June 25, 1962, the Supreme Court ruled that school prayer and Bible readings would cease in all public school systems. It became a reality; God
The reasoning behind removing the creation theory from the curriculum never sat well with many people. According to Statistics Canada; approximately fifty-four percent of Canadians fall under the religious grouping of Christianity. The foundation of the Christian belief is that God created the heavens and the earth in six days and rested on the seventh; this is known as the creation. If the majority of Canada claims to be Christian, why has it been such a conflict to allow such a simple thing into the school system? If people are forced to listen to the facts about evolution, then why is it such trouble to allow students to hear the opposing side? In many ways, by not telling students about other theories we are giving them no choice but to listen to this one theory and not present them with options (Myyra, Niko). In April 1999, James Traficant stated to the press that "A Congress that allows God to be banned schools while our schools can teach about cults, Hitler and even devil worship is wrong, out of touch, and needs some common sense." His views on religion and public schools have opened up the minds of many people and brought new light into the controversy surrounding the topic. People are not asking that we teach bible classes or promote religion in public schools; the fact of the matter is that banning religious affairs seems awfully biased. If the theory of evolution is aloud to be discussed, why is creation not aloud? The Government claims that people may be offended if open discussions are aloud about creation, but they never mentioned how people may take offence to teachings of evolution. As boldly stated earlier, the government claims to be concerned about protecting freedom of religion in Canada. How is this beneficial to Christians if they are unable to express there beliefs and way of life in public schools?