Those that do not wish to pray may feel as if they should since many students would be praying" (Rudder). Many people feel the government should do a better job of banning prayer at school, but mainly prayer in school opposers are really just against bigotry. When feelings are hurt or someone is made to feel out of place, that is the very instance the issue of church and state becomes controversial. One student in a small Texas town was made to feel uncomfortable and has started a huge debate in the town of Santa Fe, Texas. At this school, prayer before football games is allowed. The students enjoy this right and every one of all religions abides by it without complaints. However, no one had taken offense to these views of others until one day in class.
During a history class in 1993, a teacher handed out fliers that advertised Baptist revival services fliers. The student asked if non-Baptists could attend. After the student explained she was Mormon, her teacher openly criticized her church for its "cult-like nature" (Christianity Today 38). .
Because she felt insulted, the young pupil then became opposed to prayer in school. The student was discriminated against and so she chose to make a stand and protect others from this discrimination and awkwardness. The minority groups feel they are being trampled on by the majority of prayer in school supporters and the courts since they seem to be allowing these injustices to persist. They feel helpless in their environment since they are so outnumbered in their views on what is legal and permissible.
Other people however have taken religious pressure on in a different way. A student from the North who transferred to an another small Texas school in the Bible Belt immediately saw the importance of religion in the town's life. He saw that "any anxiety--tests, games, dates--was a chance to invoke Jesus. Up North if he had seen a group of girls clutched together and whispering it was a clear sign of gossip.
