“State Representative Steve Hurst (R) has proposed a bill in the Alabama legislature that would set aside 15 minutes of every school morning for students to recite a prayer.

The proposed legislation, House Bill 318, was introduced last month.

Hurst argues the goal of the legislation is to have students take the quarter hour each day to learn about history and civics. The bill characterizes the extra time in the morning being used “for study of the formal procedures followed by U.S. Congress.” This would require “a reading verbatim of one of the opening prayers given by the House or Senate Chaplain or a guest member of the clergy.””* The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down.

*Read more here from Jared Keever / Opposing Views:
http://www.opposingviews.com/i/religion/legislator-steve-hurst-wants-prayer-alabama-schools-every-morning

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