The Board of Regents for the State of New York allowed a short, voluntary prayer for recitation at the start of each school day.The prayer read as follows: "Almighty God, we acknowledge our dependence upon Thee, and beg Thy blessings upon us, our teachers, and our country."
Neither the prayer's nondenominational character nor its voluntary character saves it from unconstitutionality. By providing the prayer, New York officially approved religion. This was the first in a series of cases in which the Court used the establishment clause to religioious take out of activities of all sorts, which had traditionally been a part of public ceremonies. even though time has passed, the decision is still unpopular in most of Americans.
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