Sentence examples for permit prayer from inspiring English sources

Miss Evans appeared in the 1950's with the evangelist Billy Graham, and in the 1960's she joined a group of other actors in pressing for a constitutional amendment to permit prayer in public schools.

During the 1980's, the religious supremacists tried in vain to persuade the Supreme Court to reconsider its refusal to permit prayer in schools and the posting of the Ten Commandments in classrooms.

The NFL does have an exception clause for end zone celebrations that permit prayer.

It's not appropriate to permit prayer that can be divisive and alienating at non-voluntary events.

In 1964, Mr. Miller testified during House Judiciary Committee hearings about proposed constitutional amendments to permit prayers in public schools.

In Bakersfield, Mr. Cheney told a group of high school students in the Junior Reserved Officers Training Corps that "nothing is more essential to education than teaching character," and he suggested that permitting prayer in public schools would help accomplish the job.

The court's previous religion jurisprudence, unchallenged by Ms Galloway and Ms Stephens, permits public prayer.

In Town of Greece v. Galloway, the court will decide whether the First Amendment permits a prayer before a town board meeting.

The reaction was still strong, with Billy Graham arguing that a majority of Americans had been penalized, and lawmakers proposing 150 constitutional amendments permitting school prayer in the next year.

The incident sparked worldwide condemnation from prominent Jewish groups and individuals and placed an additional strain on interfaith relations, which were already under pressure after the pope issued an edict permitting a prayer that called for the conversion of Jews.

On the domestic front, Reagan offered little more than a habitual pitch for a series of nonstarters: a line-item veto and constitutional amendments banning abortion, permitting daily prayers in public schools, and mandating a balanced budget.