Should Prayer be permitted in public schools?
Yes. I think that we should not have state imposed prayers or state written prayers, but I think it should be permitted. I am against the constitutional amendment. I don’t think we ought to fool with the constitution at this point, but I think the Supreme Court needs to clarify what they have already ruled on. I think that every school committee in the country or school board has interpreted it the way they want to interpret it. And, I think that it needs to go back to the Supreme Court for further clarification. And, I believe that we can get a very good ruling that will be acceptable to the American people from the Supreme Court. Everywhere that it’s been put on the ballot, such as recently in Florida, it ran about 76 percent for prayer in the schools in the state of Florida and even more in the state of Maryland where it was on the ballot in the last election. And, I think the American people want it. I think American parents want it, but I do not believe it should be state imposed.
