The U.S. Supreme Court through two landmark decisions (Engel v. Vitale in 1962 and Abington School District v. Schempp in 1963) has established the current prohibition on state-sponsored prayer in public schools. Since that time, society as a whole and public schools in particular have become increasingly violent and dangerous. Often, students themselves have shown a callus disregard for the sanctity of life by commiting lethal atrocities upon their own classmates. With the removal of our time-honored moral foundation introduced by our forefathers, these atrocities have escalated in frequency--being commited both by those within the schools and by those from the outside who seek easy prey. Removing God from our schools has not worked.



