Word: prayers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Supreme Court abolished compulsory prayer in public schools more than 15 years ago in a case in Texas...
...Roberts said the government cannot promote or inhibit religion without violating the Constitution. A similar state statute, allowing prayer before the start of the school day, was struck down by the Massachusetts Supreme Court in 1973, he said...
Massachusetts, however, had a statute requiring teachers to announce a minute of silence each day for either prayer or meditation...
...Newton and Beverly school systems have also decided to delay implementing student-led prayer, despite the Massachusetts Education Department's advice to presume the new procedure is valid until the courts rule otherwise...
James Nash, spokesman for the Massachusetts Council of Churches, said his Protestant organization had not taken a formal position on the latest school prayer law but had opposed similar measures in the past. He said he personally found the measure "distasteful...