Were there school massacres before the ban on prayer in public schools?

Answer 1

I doubt there's a connection

Answer 2

Let's see, the ban was in the fifties, so, were there school massacres before everyone had a television? Before we all ate at McDonald's? Point is, there is no connection between the two.

Statistically, by the way, school is one of the safest places for kids.

Answer 3

There were indeed some very rare events of school massacres, but these were not held up for public scrutiny to find what evil made this person a victim of his circumstance as we do today. Their actions, intents, and excuses were universally condemned. What we do today only encourages other self identified victims to blow their tops and go out in a blaze of..... what? glory?
http://judgeright.blogspot.com

They should be universally condemned today. Instead we all shake our heads at the tragedy and ask one another who caused them to feel they had no alternatives.

Answer 4

Really, and I hope those public schools are praying now. You know they would if they were on their knees with a gun pointed at their head. But don't count on the ACLU to join them, they would be running like hell in the other direction gathering up all their nasty bald-headed lawyers to sue the school for praying on their death bed. Sad... Sad.... Sad.....
P.S. I have my very religious Christmas card waiting to be mailed to them (ACLU) Anyone want the address!

Answer 5

It would be nice if it were true. But to tell you the truth there are far fewer murders in schools today than in the past. The only difference is the hyper coverage they get on network news.

Answer 6

Prayer Is NOT Illegal in Public Schools

Prayer is legal in schools. I know that many people believe it is, but it is not. Any child in school may pray.

The constitution is quite clear that the government of the United States CANNOT restrict a person's constitutional right to free religious speech and the courts are upholding that right.

What has been deemed to be unconstitutional is school sanctioned prayer and forced prayer.

Our Democratic Republic is 100% secular. The US Congress of 1797 made that clear by unanimous approval:

•“As the government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian Religion”

http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/diplomacy/barbary/bar1796t.htm

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JAMES MADISON:

•“Christianity neither is, nor ever was apart of the common law”. Feb. 10, 1814

•“The establishment of the chaplainship to Cong[res]s is a palpable violation of equal rights, as well as of Constitutional principles: The tenets of the chaplains elected [by the majority] shut the door of worship agst the members whose creeds & consciences forbid a participation in that of the majority.”
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JOHN TYLER:

•“The United States have adventured upon a great and noble experiment, which is believed to have been hazarded in the absence of all previous precedent -- that of total separation of Church and State. …The offices of the Government are open alike to all. …The Mahommedan, if he will to come among us would have the privilege guaranteed to him by the constitution to worship according to the Koran; and the East Indian might erect a shrine to Brahma if it so pleased him” (letter dated July 10, 1843)
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ULYSSES S. GRANT:

•“Leave the matter of religion to the family altar, the church and the private school supported entirely by private contributions. Keep the church and state forever separate.” (Address to the Army of the Tennessee, Des Moines, Iowa, September 25, 1875)
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JOHN ADAMS:

•“How has it happened that millions of myths, fables, legends and tales have been blended with Jewish and Christian fables and myths and have made them the most bloody religion that has ever existed? Filled with the sordid and detestable purposes of superstition and fraud?” (Letters to F.A. Van Der Kamp 1809-1816)
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THOMAS JEFFERSON:

•“I have recently been examining all the known superstitions of the world, and do not find in our particular superstition [Christianity] one redeeming feature. They are all alike, founded upon fables and mythologies.”

•“In every country and in every age the priest [any and every clergyman] has been hostile to liberty; he is always in alliance with the despot, abetting his abuses in return for protection to his own.”

Answer 7

Other than Kent State in Ohio, I can't think of any. All these people who are saying yes should share with us as to where. I'd like to know.

Answer 8

yes

Answer 9

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There were plenty of massacres carried out in the name of religion, so I highly doubt that school prayer would have prevented any of the shootings that have been perpetrated. . .

Answer 10

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_shooting