U.S. Supreme Court Won't Reinstate Prayer at School:

Justice Antonin Scalia blasted his colleagues for refusing to hear the case, arguing that it raised important church-state and other questions. Leaving those issues unresolved is unfair to Virginia Military Institute, Scalia wrote in a dissent joined by fellow conservative Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist.

ok, so just what's unresolved here? State entities cannot force religious rites on citizens. end of story. You know, this issue has burned me as a Christian for a long time.

For one, you CAN pray in school. its called PRAYING. you can't force other people to pray along with you in some kind of 'show prayer' that is as much about making the room silently listen to the 'vocal prayer' as anything else. Jesus said that we should NOT be like those that pray out in the open just so everyone can see, but rather go put yourself away, out of sight (Jesus mentioned a closet) and pray there. I suppose this is neatly forgotten.

And another thing...I really dislike the idea that whatever spiritual guidence a parent may think their child needs is tossed (at least in k-12) off to the school. ANY parent that is relying on the public school system to do the job of teaching religion FOR THEM is lazy. I have little regard for a parent that makes a big show for how important prayer is to them, but then wants to shove the spiritual teaching off on state workers.

I'm sorry Justice Scalia doesn't get it, but this has been decided and the law is clear. you can pray anytime you want. you just cannot force it on others.