But students are allowed to meet and pray on school grounds.
Prayer rugs in public schools.
Organized prayer in the public school setting whether in the classroom or at a school sponsored event is unconstitutional.
Do you support prayer in public schools.
Logan told the students that public schools were not allowed to participate in religion practices during class.
Christian teachers became upset when muslim students began praying during class at parkdale high school in riverdale maryland.
Many articles about muslim students praying link to a 2013 christian post article about school prayer in dearborn michigan that incorrectly claims the u s.
The only type of prayer that is constitutionally permissible is private voluntary student prayer that does not interfere with the school s educational mission.
Supreme court banned school sponsored prayer in public schools in a 1962 decision saying that it violated the first amendment.
Supreme court ruled that it s illegal for christian students to pray in schools.
The students also had to make an islamic prayer rug as a homework assignment according to wagner who said lessons like that don t belong in public schools.
It was at time of required prayer.