Many children in today's society grow up with little or no more values at all, these children are the sons and daughters of the so called, "Generation X." This maybe the root of America's problems with our youth. In the mid sixties religion was taken out of our school systems, and in 1962, the Supreme Court decided that public schools did not have the power to authorize school prayer (Marks 26). This decision made our public schools …showed first 75 words of 646 total…

…showed last 75 words of 646 total…the moment of silence, which is guaranteed by the First Amendment's "Free Exercise" clause (School 459). Silent prayer was ruled constitutional in 1985 as long as it had no religious intent or purpose. Prayer has been banned in schools for thirty-three years (Marks 29). The moment of silence has been ruled constitutional, but it can't have any religious intent. Although, every student fills the moment of silence in a different way through song, a prayer, or a memory.