Tag: SCHOOL PRAYER

A bill that would allow voters to amend the state constitution to mandate a daily Pledge of Allegiance and student-led voluntary prayer time in Alabama schools passed the Senate.

As far as politics goes, public institutions should reflect the will of the people, as long as the people’s will serves the common good and respects the individual’s God-given liberty. Prayer should always be voluntary, never officially discouraged to silence.

Her classroom was out of control. Had been for a while. The kids in her “at-risk” fourth-grade class were about as organized as a prison riot.

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is sounding the alarm on the perceived negative effects of a proposed amendment to the Alabama Constitution to mandate the Pledge of Allegiance and a prayer at the beginning of the day in public schools.

On Thursday, a proposed constitutional amendment requiring the Alabama State Department of Education to adopt policies requiring a daily recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance and a prayer "consistent with Judeo-Christian values" at the beginning of every school day advanced in a House Committee.

House Bill 35 (HB35), sponsored by State Rep. Tracy Estes (R-Winfield), seeks to prevent state entities from interfering with student-led prayer events at schools and allows students to use school property to carry out prayers.

"Prayer in Alabama Schools is not a partisan issue but an issue that all Alabama Legislators can support," said sponsors of a Republican Executive Committee resolution urging the Legislature to pass a school prayer statute.