State-enforced prayer betrays the founders’ vision of freedom

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State-enforced prayer betrays the founders’ vision of freedom

Alabama lawmakers are once again testing the limits of constitutional law with House Bill 231, a proposal that would force public school children to begin their day with a state-mandated prayer “consistent with Judeo-Christian values.” Schools that fail to comply would face severe financial penalties, making religious observance not a matter of personal faith but of bureaucratic enforcement. While many of us value prayer as a sacred act, faith i…