The Jewish Community Council of Greater Boston has voted to oppose a proposal to enforce the recitation of a prescribed prayer daily in all Massachusetts public school classrooms. The proposal is contained in a bill now before the Massachusetts Legislature.
A report to the Council declared that the bill would interfere with “freedom of religion and the theory of the separation of church and state. ” It was stated at the Council meeting that opposition was not aimed at the language of the prayer or its spirit, but at the setting aside of time for a prayer whose form would be prescribed.
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