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SPOKEN SCHOOL PRAYER As The Federalist has reported previously, science is finally catching on that prayer works! A study at North Carolina's Duke University Medical Center found that patients with heart problems who received alternative therapy after angioplasty were 25 to 30 percent less likely to suffer complications, while those who were subjects of "intercessory prayer" on their behalf had the greatest successful recovery rate. The study of 150 patients, conducted between April 1997 and April 1998, involved random assignment of patients to study groups, and neither the patients nor the physician researchers were aware of the group assignments. Prayer had the greatest health benefits, surpassing such alternatives added to standard heart care as guided imagery, stress relaxation, and healing touch therapies. - The Federalists
The decision to ban Christian school prayer was made some 26 years ago on June 25, 1962 in Engel v. Vitale. Engel, a Jewish resident of New York, objected to the prayer composed by the New York State Board of Regents and recommended for adoption by the public school districts of New York. 1962: Engel v. Vitale. The Court
ruled that public
John Miller: You have been described as the
"World's Most Wanted Man."
jews gloat over banning prayer! City's Prayer Ban to Stand Originally Published by Pasadena Star News May 19, 2003 Posted May 22, 2003 By Susan Abram, Staff Writer BURBANK -- The U.S. Supreme Court on
Monday refused to review Burbank's appeal of two lower courts' decisions banning the City
Council from opening meetings with sectarian prayers.
New England Primer used in American public schools for centuries O LORD God who knowest all Things, thou seest me by Night as well as by Day. I pray thee for Christ's Sake, forgive me whatsoever I have done amiss this Day, and keep me all this Night, while I am asleep. I desire to lie down under thy Care, and to abide forever under thy Blessing, for thou art a God of all Power and everlasting Mercy. AMEN.
As far as the right to pray in school, we definitely have strict guidelines that separate state and religion (read your history book, fella). If you want to pray and act as if Christianity is the ONLY religion on this planet, PLEASE go to your Christian schools and shout PTL to your heart's content. I have no problem with that. Jews, Buddhists, Hindus, and atheists have the same liberty to do this in THEIR own schools. But, if you try to IMPOSE your will and religious idealogies on my children, who are going to public school to receive a secular reducation (I responsibly take care of their religios upbringing personally, according to my own beliefs), I will FIGHT you and your cronies with every fiber of my body. R. Weiss (Richard C. Weiss <weissrl@vetmed.auburn.edu>, Tuesday, January 25, 2000 10:23 AM)
Of Americans polled by the Gallup Organization:
Only 16% want to prevent high school teachers from teaching creation, only 28% don't want children to have the right to spoken daily prayer in their classrooms, only 24% don't want the Ten Commandments to be displayed, only 17% don't want students to say prayers at graduation ceremonies, only 15% are non-Christians, only 9% believe that only evolution explains the beginning of life, only 5% don't believe in God or a higher spirit, and only 31% believe the Boy Scouts should be forced to admit sodomites. From the day the Bill of Rights was ratified on December 15, 1791, until the day the US Supreme Court banned school prayer in 1963, a period of 172 years (almost 2 centuries) hundreds of millions of US citizens believed that "free exercise of religion" meant the right of their children to say a spoken prayer in their public schools. To this day, almost three out of four Americans still want children to have spoken school prayer in public schools, but they are denied this benefit because of Jews like Dr. Weiss who unilaterally converted two centuries of "free exercise *of* religion" into "free exercise *from* religion" by saying things like the above. "Joseph A Nagy Jr" pagan_prince@charter.net wrote in message news:3D6AD985.5090703@charter.net... > Joseph A Nagy Jr wrote: > > Bob LeChevalier wrote: > >> "John Knight" jwknight@polbox.com wrote: > >>> OR, we could simply live by the Holy Bible as the Constitution of this > >>> Christian nation proclaims: > >> The Constitution of this not-Christian-nation proclaims no such thing. > >> [Bible quotes without ANY Constitutional quotes deleted as irrelevant > >> to the claim]. > >> lojbab > > Ah lets just forget this idiot. I've posted twice proof that prayer is > > not banned from public school, yet him and Mr. August still contend it is. > > My point being that they will ignore everything we say, no matter how much > proof to the contrary. > This makes the five million Jews in the US, who are less than two percent of the population, a direct threat to the moral integrity of our constitutional republic and to each of the 264 million Christians who live here. This is a battle cry to a religious war which Christians cannot afford to lose. Not only is this a threat to our children's free exercise of religion, but it undermines our entire education process, our Constitution, and, according to the Gallup Poll, it violates the will of more than two thirds of we the people, all the way from Tennessee to California:
Next I'm going to read a variety of proposals concerning religion and public schools. For each one, please tell me whether you would generally favor or oppose it. First, ... . Next, ... . [RANDOM ORDER] http://www.gallup.com/poll/releases/pr000628b.asp
All of the countries which score significantly higher than the US in timss geometry allow their students to pray in school, which is where students spend up to one third of their week day. SAT scores decreased 98 points since school prayer in public schools was banned in 1961 in the US, and have shown no signs of recovery. Catholic and other religious schools which allow school prayer produce students with some of the highest SAT scores in the country. A much larger percentage of Catholic school graduates go to college than those from public schools. The cost of education per year per student in Catholic schools is $2,178, compared to $6,631 in public schools--a difference of three times (3x). School level
Total Catholic
religious Nonsectarian The manner in which bureaucracies are allowed to estimate costs results in underestimates of public school costs. For example, when all other public education funding sources are included, the actual cost per student in Los Angeles is $9,082, even though the official cost per student is only $6,025. Thus, the total cost of educating a student in public schools is as much as four times higher than that of Catholic schools which do a better job of educating students in every way--academically, morally, spiritually, ethically, and physically. The median SAT score of Los Angeles is 849, compared to a California statewide average of 902, so Californians aren't getting their money's worth in LA even before considering that the NAEP scores of California's non-public schools are 21 points higher than public schools. The non-public schools (which includes Catholic schools, other religious schools, and non-religious private schools) of every state score considerably higher than their public schools [naepmath.pdf--an 8mb file]. The average NAEP scores of Texan non-public 12th graders is 31 points higher than Texan public schoolers. This is the equivalent of 118 SAT Math points. The difference between public and religious schools is even bigger. It may be greater than the difference in math scores between education and engineering majors. In other words, public schools in some states are producing the teachers while religious ones are producing the engineers.
Denying American students an education equivalent to that of Catholic schools which are a proven success, at the same time that taxpayers are charged an extra $6,904 per student just to maintain secular public schools, should be a criminal offense. Students are shortchanged in life by receiving an education equivalent to that of teachers when they could have had one equivalent to engineers, and they are penalized an extra $6,904 per student for the privilege when they become taxpayers. University School in Cleveland, Ohio allows school prayer and produces students with higher average SAT scores than every one of California's 731 public high schools:
If no other factors are involved, these undisputed facts suggest that reestablishing spoken school prayer in US public schools has the potential to:
Such a reduction in education costs would save the nation $255 billion per year. Considering that the nation now has a negative rate of personal savings, an additional $255 billion retained in taxpayers' bank accounts would have a profound effect on the long term viability of the nation. SAT Scores, Orange County, California http://www.ocregister.com/education/features/1999/sat/sat_scores_19990901.shtml SAT scores of California schools by county D_NAME SAT_AVE_T SAT_AVE_V SAT_AVE_M SAT_PERC STATEWIDE 902 417 485 41 ALAMEDA 903 411 492 44.0 AMADOR 963 463 500 35.2 BUTTE 942 441 501 28.5 CALAVERAS 911 429 482 29.9 COLUSA 801 385 416 35.4 CONTRA COSTA 963 447 516 45.6 DEL NORTE 866 406 460 23.2 EL DORADO 981 448 533 31.6 FRESNO 863 398 465 29.0 GLENN 841 407 434 24.7 HUMBOLDT 999 474 525 27.5 IMPERIAL 794 365 429 23.0 INYO 928 447 481 39.9 KERN 879 410 469 25.6 KINGS 831 394 437 21.6 LAKE 884 417 467 22.5 LASSEN 849 414 435 32.1 LOS ANGELES 849 385 464 37.2 MADERA 872 405 467 18.0 MARIN 991 459 532 55.7 MARIPOSA 923 429 494 25.7 MENDOCINO 969 455 514 34.9 MERCED 857 402 455 20.5 MODOC 770 379 391 60.3 MONO 885 434 451 53.8 MONTEREY 846 395 451 32.8 NAPA 945 443 502 36.3 NEVADA 958 455 503 39.5 ORANGE 972 440 532 37.0 PLACER 934 435 499 33.2 PLUMAS 892 430 462 38.4 RIVERSIDE 849 399 450 28.2 SACRAMENTO 912 423 489 32.1 SAN BENITO 831 383 448 39.8 SAN BERNARDINO 852 400 452 29.6 SAN DIEGO 905 420 485 42.6 SAN FRANCISCO 852 372 480 56.9 SAN JOAQUIN 870 402 468 27.1 SAN LUIS OBISPO 960 449 511 36.6 SAN MATEO 425 929 504 40.8 SANTA BARBARA 973 452 521 29.4 SANTA CLARA 965 438 527 42.8 SANTA CRUZ 931 434 497 37.3 SHASTA 957 456 501 23.0 SIERRA 862 416 446 37.3 SISKIYOU 952 452 500 27.7 SOLANO 885 406 479 32.7 SONOMA 968 453 515 34.2 STANISLAUS 903 424 479 24.0 SUTTER 910 421 489 22.6 TEHAMA 886 419 467 25.0 TRINITY 931 444 487 30.6 TULARE 866 403 463 25.2 TUOLUMNE 881 420 461 41.1 VENTURA 941 437 504 35.2 YOLO 973 449 524 35.1 YUBA 900 413 487 18.1 Los Angeles County Subtotal 849 385 464 37.2 L.A. COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL 900 449 451 82.7 ABC UNIFIED 988 435 553 47.6 ABC UNIFIED 975 421 554 65.4 ABC UNIFIED 822 347 475 29.1 ABC UNIFIED 1233 568 665 100.0 ABC UNIFIED 867 378 489 51.3 ALHAMBRA CITY HIGH 883 375 508 39.0 ALHAMBRA CITY HIGH 894 382 512 47.1 ALHAMBRA CITY HIGH 868 362 506 40.4 ALHAMBRA CITY HIGH 883 379 504 36.1 ANTELOPE VALLEY UNION HI 856 403 453 41.1 ANTELOPE VALLEY UNION HI 860 414 446 25.2 ANTELOPE VALLEY UNION HI 811 376 435 41.5 ANTELOPE VALLEY UNION HI 909 427 482 41.4 ANTELOPE VALLEY UNION HI 862 407 455 54.9 ANTELOPE VALLEY UNION HI 818 384 434 45.7 ARCADIA UNIFIED 1031 440 591 66.6 ARCADIA UNIFIED 1031 440 591 70.8 AZUSA UNIFIED 749 346 403 18.0 AZUSA UNIFIED 786 345 441 16.2 AZUSA UNIFIED 724 347 377 23.5 BALDWIN PARK UNIFIED 806 370 436 23.9 BALDWIN PARK UNIFIED 798 363 435 22.3 BALDWIN PARK UNIFIED 814 377 437 27.9 BASSETT UNIFIED 718 334 384 19.6 BASSETT UNIFIED 718 334 384 23.3 BELLFLOWER UNIFIED 850 389 461 26.5 BELLFLOWER UNIFIED 826 367 459 29.6 BELLFLOWER UNIFIED 872 410 462 28.8 BEVERLY HILLS UNIFIED 1015 457 558 75.3 BEVERLY HILLS UNIFIED 1015 457 558 76.1 BONITA UNIFIED 934 432 502 38.7 BONITA UNIFIED 952 445 507 45.4 BONITA UNIFIED 912 417 495 45.6 BURBANK UNIFIED 894 418 476 31.3 BURBANK UNIFIED 931 427 504 31.4 BURBANK UNIFIED 856 408 448 33.7 CENTINELA VALLEY UNION H 706 323 383 21.4 CENTINELA VALLEY UNION H 768 347 421 15.6 CENTINELA VALLEY UNION H 675 311 364 27.2 CHARTER OAK UNIFIED 884 411 473 41.2 CHARTER OAK UNIFIED 884 411 473 50.0 CLAREMONT UNIFIED 977 444 533 70.4 CLAREMONT UNIFIED 977 444 533 70.9 COVINA-VALLEY UNIFIED 857 392 465 37.4 COVINA-VALLEY UNIFIED 818 374 444 37.9 COVINA-VALLEY UNIFIED 818 372 446 33.2 COVINA-VALLEY UNIFIED 909 416 493 49.1 CULVER CITY UNIFIED 879 412 467 46.7 CULVER CITY UNIFIED 879 412 467 51.9 DOWNEY UNIFIED 914 403 511 33.0 DOWNEY UNIFIED 903 402 501 31.2 DOWNEY UNIFIED 923 404 519 37.4 DUARTE UNIFIED 778 351 427 30.1 DUARTE UNIFIED 778 351 427 30.8 EL MONTE UNION HIGH 796 358 438 17.7 EL MONTE UNION HIGH 826 364 462 24.5 EL MONTE UNION HIGH 724 321 403 12.5 EL MONTE UNION HIGH 780 352 428 21.8 EL MONTE UNION HIGH 813 371 442 37.6 EL MONTE UNION HIGH 747 335 412 3.4 EL RANCHO UNIFIED 738 342 396 23.2 EL RANCHO UNIFIED 738 342 396 28.5 EL SEGUNDO UNIFIED 922 427 495 50.6 EL SEGUNDO UNIFIED 922 427 495 53.6 GLENDALE UNIFIED 949 422 527 30.9 GLENDALE UNIFIED 1000 457 543 49.8 GLENDALE UNIFIED 902 399 503 31.5 GLENDALE UNIFIED 958 416 542 29.7 GLENDORA UNIFIED 941 435 506 43.3 GLENDORA UNIFIED 941 436 505 43.9 INGLEWOOD UNIFIED 631 299 332 34.2 INGLEWOOD UNIFIED 632 298 334 40.6 INGLEWOOD UNIFIED 627 300 327 27.1 LA CANADA UNIFIED 1084 489 595 73.4 LA CANADA UNIFIED 1084 489 595 75.0 LAS VIRGENES UNIFIED 1006 466 540 63.7 LAS VIRGENES UNIFIED 999 461 538 63.5 LAS VIRGENES UNIFIED 1016 472 544 72.9 LONG BEACH UNIFIED 873 400 473 28.0 LONG BEACH UNIFIED 784 371 413 30.3 LONG BEACH UNIFIED 729 330 399 24.9 LONG BEACH UNIFIED 849 382 467 24.2 LONG BEACH UNIFIED 828 373 455 26.8 LONG BEACH UNIFIED 921 425 496 42.7 LONG BEACH UNIFIED 881 410 471 24.6 LOS ANGELES UNIFIED 769 351 418 41.7 LOS ANGELES UNIFIED 722 335 387 41.3 LOS ANGELES UNIFIED 656 298 358 42.7 LOS ANGELES UNIFIED 652 289 363 40.3 LOS ANGELES UNIFIED 817 375 442 42.7 LOS ANGELES UNIFIED 790 345 445 36.0 LOS ANGELES UNIFIED 709 332 377 42.6 LOS ANGELES UNIFIED 875 402 473 48.7 LOS ANGELES UNIFIED 899 425 474 58.6 LOS ANGELES UNIFIED 648 305 343 45.7 LOS ANGELES UNIFIED 631 302 329 37.5 LOS ANGELES UNIFIED 850 386 464 45.6 LOS ANGELES UNIFIED 948 431 517 59.1 LOS ANGELES UNIFIED 738 332 406 45.9 LOS ANGELES UNIFIED 773 341 432 57.9 LOS ANGELES UNIFIED 695 312 383 24.0 LOS ANGELES UNIFIED 705 325 380 59.2 LOS ANGELES UNIFIED 696 317 379 53.5 LOS ANGELES UNIFIED 593 272 321 32.3 LOS ANGELES UNIFIED 746 348 398 44.2 LOS ANGELES UNIFIED 667 300 367 45.9 LOS ANGELES UNIFIED 880 387 493 64.1 LOS ANGELES UNIFIED 830 368 462 36.3 LOS ANGELES UNIFIED 820 391 429 54.9 LOS ANGELES UNIFIED 732 322 410 35.9 LOS ANGELES UNIFIED 669 308 361 33.4 LOS ANGELES UNIFIED 603 267 336 37.8 LOS ANGELES UNIFIED 597 274 323 49.6 LOS ANGELES UNIFIED 673 286 387 61.1 LOS ANGELES UNIFIED 592 263 329 29.8 LOS ANGELES UNIFIED 722 313 409 35.9 LOS ANGELES UNIFIED 601 271 330 37.3 LOS ANGELES UNIFIED 781 353 428 44.5 LOS ANGELES UNIFIED 807 367 440 35.4 LOS ANGELES UNIFIED 875 392 483 39.9 LOS ANGELES UNIFIED 914 429 485 47.7 LOS ANGELES UNIFIED 905 424 481 64.6 LOS ANGELES UNIFIED 745 333 412 50.6 LOS ANGELES UNIFIED 646 292 354 47.9 LOS ANGELES UNIFIED 720 325 395 30.8 LOS ANGELES UNIFIED 860 397 463 36.6 LOS ANGELES UNIFIED 687 320 367 37.4 LOS ANGELES UNIFIED 706 326 380 31.4 LOS ANGELES UNIFIED 884 404 480 60.3 LOS ANGELES UNIFIED 907 407 500 40.2 LOS ANGELES UNIFIED 965 442 523 57.9 LOS ANGELES UNIFIED 852 395 457 46.2 LOS ANGELES UNIFIED 812 367 445 34.2 LOS ANGELES UNIFIED 626 298 328 36.8 LOS ANGELES UNIFIED 768 368 400 66.1 LOS ANGELES UNIFIED 696 314 382 48.7 LOS ANGELES UNIFIED 814 371 443 40.6 LOS ANGELES UNIFIED 835 381 454 70.7 LYNWOOD UNIFIED 686 321 365 24.3 LYNWOOD UNIFIED 686 321 365 24.5 MONROVIA UNIFIED 865 409 456 23.6 MONROVIA UNIFIED 865 409 456 26.4 MONTEBELLO UNIFIED 801 363 438 21.9 MONTEBELLO UNIFIED 872 391 481 33.4 MONTEBELLO UNIFIED 714 331 383 24.2 MONTEBELLO UNIFIED 771 348 423 19.4 NORWALK-LA MIRADA UNIFIE 829 384 445 24.1 NORWALK-LA MIRADA UNIFIE 780 375 405 21.2 NORWALK-LA MIRADA UNIFIE 850 390 460 35.9 NORWALK-LA MIRADA UNIFIE 832 377 455 15.5 PALOS VERDES PENINSULA U 1082 484 598 81.1 PALOS VERDES PENINSULA U 1083 484 599 87.8 PARAMOUNT UNIFIED 719 345 374 18.9 PARAMOUNT UNIFIED 719 345 374 19.6 PASADENA UNIFIED 797 372 425 33.0 PASADENA UNIFIED 766 344 422 30.7 PASADENA UNIFIED 785 369 416 38.3 PASADENA UNIFIED 792 367 425 29.8 PASADENA UNIFIED 816 388 428 37.4 POMONA UNIFIED 743 347 396 28.0 POMONA UNIFIED 752 341 411 33.2 POMONA UNIFIED 767 350 417 25.1 POMONA UNIFIED 712 349 363 32.9 SAN MARINO UNIFIED 1087 463 624 92.1 SAN MARINO UNIFIED 1087 463 624 92.1 SANTA MONICA-MALIBU UNIF 985 447 538 42.3 SANTA MONICA-MALIBU UNIF 985 447 538 46.8 SANTA MONICA-MALIBU UNIF -- -- -- -- SOUTH PASADENA UNIFIED 1036 464 572 68.2 SOUTH PASADENA UNIFIED 1036 464 572 68.2 TEMPLE CITY UNIFIED 917 398 519 54.1 TEMPLE CITY UNIFIED 917 398 519 56.8 TORRANCE UNIFIED 945 414 531 46.7 TORRANCE UNIFIED 866 384 482 44.0 TORRANCE UNIFIED 974 421 553 57.1 TORRANCE UNIFIED 934 418 516 44.7 TORRANCE UNIFIED 999 431 568 58.1 WEST COVINA UNIFIED 818 374 444 32.0 WEST COVINA UNIFIED 818 374 444 32.8 WHITTIER UNION HIGH 832 391 441 30.3 WHITTIER UNION HIGH 864 404 460 33.7 WHITTIER UNION HIGH 890 428 462 35.7 WHITTIER UNION HIGH 780 355 425 37.4 WHITTIER UNION HIGH 765 354 411 29.2 WHITTIER UNION HIGH 826 389 437 52.9 WILLIAM S. HART UNION HI 961 442 519 39.7 WILLIAM S. HART UNION HI 953 436 517 35.1 WILLIAM S. HART UNION HI 951 435 516 37.6 WILLIAM S. HART UNION HI 971 449 522 52.8 WILLIAM S. HART UNION HI -- -- -- -- COMPTON UNIFIED 605 280 325 30.0 COMPTON UNIFIED 584 268 316 31.4 COMPTON UNIFIED 638 292 346 34.4 COMPTON UNIFIED 595 280 315 32.9 HACIENDA LA PUENTE UNIFI 903 393 510 40.8 HACIENDA LA PUENTE UNIFI 490 200 290 5.3 HACIENDA LA PUENTE UNIFI 744 344 400 41.0 HACIENDA LA PUENTE UNIFI 991 431 560 44.4 HACIENDA LA PUENTE UNIFI 984 410 574 52.4 HACIENDA LA PUENTE UNIFI 743 339 404 25.5 ROWLAND UNIFIED 892 392 500 39.4 ROWLAND UNIFIED 830 381 449 36.5 ROWLAND UNIFIED 938 400 538 45.3 WALNUT VALLEY UNIFIED 989 434 555 47.4 WALNUT VALLEY UNIFIED 1005 433 572 46.7 WALNUT VALLEY UNIFIED 975 435 540 57.1 SAN GABRIEL UNIFIED -- -- -- -- SAN GABRIEL UNIFIED -- -- -- -- ACTON-AGUA DULCE UNIFIED -- -- -- -- ACTON-AGUA DULCE UNIFIED -- -- -- 0.0 MANHATTAN BEACH UNIFIED 959 446 513 50.7 MANHATTAN BEACH UNIFIED 959 446 513 50.7 REDONDO BEACH UNIFIED 931 435 496 34.1 REDONDO BEACH UNIFIED 931 435 496 43.1 |
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