...Um, I would like to point out that prayer is allowed in public spaces, per the FIRST AMENDMENT. What many people get confused about is that government officials are not allowed to LEAD prayer in public spaces, as that would constitute a state-establishment of religion. For some reason, the fact that officials can't lead prayer leads some to conclude that prayer is banned in public spaces. A classic example is school prayer. Most people understand that teachers can't lead prayer - for some reason this gets turned around and people think this means students can't pray themselves. Students are perfectly within their rights to pray in school, so long as it's not disruptive, it's simply that teachers can't lead the prayer and time can't be set aside for prayer as part of the school schedule. This, however, doesn't mean that if little Timmy is caught praying at school that he'll get in trouble. A lot of people seem to think that's the case, though, and I've never really understood why.