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Abington School District vs. Schempp Required School Prayer In 1949, a state-wide law was passed in Pennsylvania that required public school students to read scriptures from the Bible and recite the Lord’s Prayer everyday in class. This law stayed intact until Edward Schempp challenged it nine years later. Pennsylvania wasn’t the first or the only state to enforce law making it mandatory for students to read from the Bible during school. Twenty-five additional states …

…A lot of people can place their faith into something they believe is invisible, there, you just can’t see it. But to me, believing in a theory that cannot be proven is like asking me to place a glass on a table that is not there. I believe that students should know of religions, theories, etc. but be able to make their our decision without outside influence. This Supreme Court case allows just that.