Religion is a very controversial issue, especially when it comes to religion and prayer in public schools. The United States of America was founded by the constitutional framers, who were devout Christians. On March 4, 1805, President Thomas Jefferson said: ". . . I shall need, too, the favor of that Being in whose hands we are, who led our fathers, as Israel of old, from their native land and planted them in a country flowing with all the necessaries …showed first 75 words of 763 total…

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