Sentence examples for organized prayers from inspiring English sources

He opposed a constitutional amendment to allow organized prayers in public schools.

It's illegal for a public school to have organized prayers; it's legal for a Catholic school to have organized prayers — but it has to teach English and math if it wants government accreditation to admit students.

The police then pulled back, and the Palestinians gave up; they organized prayers on the wet ground, using ragged pieces of cardboard as prayer mats.

Critics of the Women of the Wall say that their practices — like holding organized prayers, singing out loud, carrying a Torah scroll and wearing prayer shawls — offend the more traditional worshipers at the site.

Trying to get around the constitutional bar on officially organized prayers, the district shifted it policies to have a student selected by a schoolwide election deliver a pregame "message or invocation" of his or her own choosing.

Ayesha Khan, the legal director for Americans United for Separation of Church and State, who argued the plaintiff's side in this case, said her organization was not aware of any other organized prayer in public-school classes elsewhere.

It was a year after a landmark Supreme Court ruling barring organized prayer in public schools.

As a young lawyer, he took part in the unsuccessful battle to keep organized prayer in public schools.

During the 1960's, Ms. O'Hair pursued successful court battles to ban organized prayer and Bible-reading in public schools.

Afterward, Mr. Perry said he had no problem ignoring the Supreme Court's landmark 1962 ruling that barred organized prayer in public schools.

When Reverend Ralph Sexton, Jr. spoke of organized prayer before football games as a liberties issue, he meant that it should be protected by the First Amendment.