Is this a participal phrase?

Question

is this a participial Phrase? if not, how do I make it that?

Prohibiting or censoring someone’s right to pray, you teach one to be afraid of one’s faith

Banned in 1962, the justices ruled that official prayer had no place in public education

So is there a participial phrase in those two??? The Prohibiting.... and the "Banned in 196..."

Answer 1

The first sentence has a participal phrase. The second does not.

Having been banned in 1962.....

Answer 2

Sorry, I just saw the "Additional Details"

Having no “official prayer” does not in any way prohibit or censor nor was it ever meant to prohibit or censor someone’s right to pray! You can pray all you want anywhere you want any time you want, this is America! Just don’t disrupt the rest of the class from getting an education.

To answer your question: Is "this" a participial phrase?
is "this" a participial Phrase? if not, how do I make "it" that?
The use of "this" and "it" signifies your intention for the two lines to be only a single phrase.

You must first research to understand what "official prayer" represents, then start over with a new “Phrase”. The two lines of your example are at best two separate phrases.


(((Sorry, I just saw the "Additional Details"))))