The First Amendment explicitly says that it is not the role of government to establish any specific religion. But isn't it time for a government of the people, by the people and for the people to reestablish venues in schools to provide voluntary opp
The Valentine's Day massacre at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida was the latest in a series of mass school shootings dating back to the Columbine, Colorado shooting in 1999. Evoking shock, these tragedies inevitably prompt a call to pray for the victims and their families.
Calls for prayer are natural and appropriate after such wanton evil acts, but the question begs: What about prayers invoking protection in advance of danger? That's not likely following two Supreme Court decisions in the early 1960s--Engel v. Vitale and Abington School District v. Schempp--which declared school-sponsored prayer unlawful. The fact is that the departure of God from public schools combined with schools being soft targets as gun-free zones has been an invitation to evil--an invitation that has been answered repeatedly by the deranged prone to violence.