But I’m a strict interpreter of the Constitution. So I must reluctantly say that such a prayer would be unconstitutional.
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Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;
A teacher praying in school is not Congress establishing a religion.
> A teacher praying in school is not Congress establishing a religion. <
Yes, you do make a good point there. But what then of a public school teacher who - on a daily basis - recites a Muslim prayer to the class? Is that up to the local School Board to allow it? Or is it up the state? Maybe.
But it’s better to just keep religion - and politics, for that matter - out of public institutions.