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Letting God Back In As long as there were test that I forgot to study for I was praying in high school. Following the September 11th attacks in New York and Washington D.C., many Americans have turned their eyes to heaven for answers as the age of terrorism has dawned on America. When the question arouse about whether praying in school was permitted, before September 11th the answer was a concise “no.” Today, it is up for debate. Law dates all the way back to the Bible and the Bible is the basis of Christian religion. The Ten Commandments was the first form of law. Today, the law is that religion may not even present is schools. With the Constitutions First Amendment, court cases, and many local, state, and federal policies saying that religion may not be expressed on school time, what will the next few generations of children be like? The First Amendment of the Constitution states that “congress shall may no law representing the establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise there of.” Interpreting these words and applying them is rather hard to do. Throughout a time of two hundred years the First Amendment has been referred to many other names. It is often referred to as the Establishment Clause. It has