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The Offensive Prayer
[[Image:Supreme Court.jpg|thumb|150px|US Supreme Court Building]]
[[Image:Supreme Court.jpg|thumb|150px|US Supreme Court Building]]
'''''Engel v. Vitale''''', 370 U.S. 421 (1962), was the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] decision that banned classroom prayer from [[public schools]]. Specifically, the Court ruled "state officials may not compose an official state prayer and require that it be recited in the public schools of the State at the beginning of each school day — even if the prayer is denominationally neutral and pupils who wish to do so may remain silent or be excused from the room while the prayer is being recited."[http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=370&invol=421]
'''''Engel v. Vitale''''', 370 U.S. 421 (1962), was the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] decision that banned classroom prayer from [[public schools]]. Specifically, the Court ruled "state officials may not compose an official state prayer and require that it be recited in the public schools of the State at the beginning of each school day — even if the prayer is denominationally neutral and pupils who wish to do so may remain silent or be excused from the room while the prayer is being recited."<ref>[http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=370&invol=421] </ref>
The prayer which so offended the Supreme Court was as follows:
<blockquote>Almighty God, we acknowledge our dependence on Thee, and we beg Thy blessings upon us, our parents, our teachers and our country.<ref>[http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,825685,00.html Education: The Offensive Prayer], Monday, Mar. 09, 1959</ref></blockquote>
==Background==
==Background==