lee lawrence is in new york city. he piece says 50 years after a supreme dourtbarnings prayer in scoop makes a comeback. thanks for joining us this morning. it was 50 years ago that is supreme court essentially banned prepare. what were those decisions? >> the two decisions were in 196 and in 1963 and they banned school sponsored prayer, not the action of praying in school. and so the first one was brought -- had started in new york with the parents of about 10 children and the objection was that the school district imposed a morning prayer and in fact by the time it reached the supreme court it was no longer imposed, it was not mandatory. but there was a generic prayer to got to bless the parents, the teacher the country, etc. and then in 1963 there was another case, abington in pennsylvania and there the issue was that the school district had a bible reading that was broadcast over the intercom and fit couldn't be on the intercom then the teacher led it and that was followed by the lord's prayer. and the family brou

take us into the present day, lee lawrence. what is still felt from those supreme court rulings and how have things changed over time? guest: some of the feelings are still there. i think a lot of people feel that religion itself has been banned from public schools and are trying to get prayer back in schools. they feel that we've robbed children of a moral keel. that's one side. the other, however, shows that, in fact, a lot more religious activity is taking place in schools, probably thanks to the parameters that are set. pretty quickly, by 1966, some of the christian groups that were active on university campuses said oh, wait a minute. we can be active and talk to kids on high school campuses mainly and then to middle school. by that i mean the fellowship of christian athletes, the campus crusade for christ and they would help kids form groups of prayer and solidarity. that has continued over the years. you have a lot of religious clubs that are starting on campus. they come under special regulation. a faculty member can be

host: lee lawrence, christian science monitor correspondent. piece on the r front page of the christian science monitor weekly. school. 50 years after a supreme court ban. it makes a comeback. lee lawrence.uch, guest: thank you very much. you can finds that on the websi website. floor.ow go to the house that is all for "washington journal." joining us.r the house is meeting for morning take up life0 they business. we expect first votes around :30 to 2:00 and last votes hitting about 6:00 to 7:00 this evening. have a good day.

edward, christine, michael, vince -- sorry if i don't get your name right -- joel, lawrence lee. please come forward. first speaker please. >> again, we're doing two minutes per person. >> you can use your mic to your right. >> i want to thank you for giving me the opportunity to speak. i'd like to express my strong opposition to this project. this project will increase the congestion on the avenue especially with rush hour and increased traffic [inaudible] public safety and create a great hard /spheup for our neighborhood residents such as myself. i'm a long time resident there. i live three houses from [inaudible] avenue and i'm a long time city employee. the only place that i can park is at a nearby street that has a neighborhood watch program that's off of [inaudible] and if parking space are taken away from [inaudible] avenue then those parkers will probably park nearby and then i will be out of a space because of the overflow and many residents there without parking spaces. and also there are many students that go to usf and the overflow from taking away parking spaces will

lee lawrence is in new york city. the piece says 50 years after a supreme dourtbarnings prayer in scoop makes a comeback. -- in school makes a comeback. thanks for joining us this morning. it was 50 years ago that is supreme court essentially banned prepare. -- prayer. what were those decisions? >> the two decisions were in 196 -- 1962 and 1963 and they banned school sponsored prayer, not the action of praying in school. and so the first one was brought had started in new york with the parents of about 10 children and the objection was that the school district imposed a morning prayer and in fact by the time it reached the supreme court it was no longer imposed, it was not mandatory. but there was a generic prayer to god to bless the parents, the teacher, the country, etc. and then in 1963 there was another case, abington in pennsylvania and there the issue was that the school district had a bible reading that was broadcast over the intercom and if it couldn't be on the intercom then the teacher led it and that was fo

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lawrence lee, al jazeera, at the g-8 summit. >> in brazil, protests are growing in the country's largest cities. they say the government is neglecting public services while spending vast ams of money to stage next year's football cup. gabe alexander is in san palo where the largest demonstration is taking place. >> another day of protest in san palo, a movement mostly being driven by young people and they're out right now banging on instruments, making noise, waving signs, waving flags. hey're chanting this was a movement that started a little over two weeks ago in san palo over an increase in bus fares but now is spreading all over brazil and taking on wider significance. > the protest is against other things we're tired of, government and politicians that don't represent us. we're here representing students, working class, every day to reduce the bus fare that's ridiculous. we could have free bus service if we did not have so much corruption. >> it's been very tense in san palo because last thursday in the last protest here, police came under real scrutiny for firing rubber bullets, te

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