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Sarah Hancock Ten Commandments In 1980 the Court denied a law in Kentucky that required the posting of the Ten Commandments in all classrooms. Then in 1984 the Equal Access law gave students the right to hold religious meetings in public high schools outside class hours. Following this decision in Wallace v. Jeffries the Engle decision was passed stating that permitting a "moment of silence" for "mediation" or "voluntary prayer" in public schools was unconstitutional. The Court held that holding this period of silence promoted religious values and therefore violated the First Amendment's establishment clause, which says, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion". In no way does this moment of silence create a national church so why interfere in something that is not of their business? I personally disagree with the Wallace v. Jeffries decision. The moment of silence was voluntary and no child/teenager was forced to participate. When...

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