Prayer in Schools

Religion is a very controversial issue, especially when it comes to religion and prayer in public schools. The United States of America was founded by the constitutional framers, who were devout Christians. On March 4, 1805, President Thomas Jefferson said: ". . . I shall need, too, the favor of that Being in whose hands we are, who led our fathers, as Israel of old, from their native land and planted them in a country flowing with all the necessaries and comforts of life; who has covered our infancy with His providence and our riper years with His wisdom and power, and to whose goodness I ask you to join in supplications with me that He will so enlighten the minds of your servants, guide their councils, and prosper their measures that whatsoever they do shall result in your good, and shall secure to you the peace, friendship, and approbation of all nations" (1805 Inaugural Speech).
Before his death, Thomas Jefferson wrote his own epitaph stating for what he wanted the world to remember him. …