Public School Prayer Dissonance

Mr. Geist, I think our country, school and education system would be better if we could have prayer in school. Ever since the Atheists took prayer to the Supreme Court to have it removed, our country is going to school to hell in a hand basket.
Okay Jimmy Baker Junior, even though in Engel vs. Vitale (6-25-62), the Supreme Court ruled having prayer in school was a violation of the 1st Amendment because it is considered “establishment of religion.” Okay Jimmy Baker Junior, for you, I will open our class today in prayer.
Everyone quiet down, close your eyes or not…here we go – 5-4-3-2-1……
Dear Buddha, please help us to be in Zen state of mind today…..
NO, NO, NO!!! Not to Buddha Mr. G!
Sorry. Okay, here we go again…
Dear Allah, please help us to follow the five pillars to the best of….
NO, NO, NO!!! Are you crazy? That is the religion of the enemy terrorist fundamentalists!
Sorry - this is not easy. Close your eyes everyone.
Dear 10,000 Gods of Hinduism….
NO, NO, NO!!! There is only one God Mister!
Sorry. This is not easy this school prayer stuff. Give me another chance.
Dear God of Atheism, please help us to not keep the faith…
NO, NO, NO!!! Atheists do not believe in God - this prayer is not logically possible. How do you pray to something you don’t believe in?
Good point Jimmy Baker Junior. All right, all right. I got it this time.
“Dear Satan, may all teachers parish on their annual plane ride to the teacher convention on the West Coast. Amen.”
SILENCE.
Class? Billy? Oh I see, not having to go to school is more important than having school prayer. I DON’T LIKE THAT PRAYER. Let me try another one.
Dear God, or Higher Power of our choosing, whether it is a traditional God, or the group conscience, or the banana for lunch on my desk, please help us to….
NO, NO, NO!!! What is this Higher Power crap? May I say the prayer Mr. Geist?
Go ahead Jimmy Baker Jr....lead us in prayer.
Dear God of our Lord Jesus Christ, not the white one with blue eyes, or the black Malcolm X Muhammad Ali looking Jesus, but a Middle Eastern Looking one….
THE CLASS CHIMES IN - NO, NO, NO JIMMY BAKER JUNIOR. We live in a pluralistic society and you cannot just call out one God, for we all have different beliefs which helps make our heterogenious society great.
“Class, see why we do not have prayer in school. Just know this, as long as schools have testing in school, there will always be school prayer. Carry on.”

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