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Title: Without a Prayer: Religious Expression in Public Schools by Robert S. Alley ISBN: 1-57392-097-5 Publisher: Prometheus Books Pub. Date: October, 1996 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.95

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Summary: How Can Christians Show Such Hate?
Comment: That's the question that runs through your mind constantly as you read the court cases presented in this book. The first part of the book deals briefly with our founders' concepts of religion and state that found expression in the first amendment. After another short review of court actions up until 1940 the book begins in earnest to cover the major cases of the 1960s to the present.

The typical first amendment case involves some form of prayer or religious teaching being imposed on all students. Even if students are not required to participate, their non-participation usually exposes them to harassment by other students.

Without exception, plaintiffs in first amendment religious cases have been the victims of death threats and hate mail. Plaintiffs have also suffered beatings and damage of property at the hands of hostile Christians. What is also amazing is the fact that most citizens do not realize that the bill of rights does not establish a system of majority rule, but instead protects the individual rights of all citizens. In terms of the first amendment this means that I as a non Christian should not have to be forced to pray to a Christian God.

For a good presentation of what our country's founders were thinking about when they wrote the constitution read "The Godless Constitution", by Kramnick and Moore. Washington, Madison and Jefferson did not in any sense want religion mixed with government.