The essay concerns Bill 51, relating to the ban on displaying the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms. To me, removing a single post relating to religion is the equivalent of trying to eliminate all forms of religion in schools. I believe that the very serious decline in student behavior is caused by the abandonment of religion and the elimination of the fear of God. With religion at school, students were subject to a higher authority, which allowed them to have balanced moral conduct. If religion had remained in schools, the current generation might have behaved better. Morality must be taught, and it cannot be properly taught without religion. The implementation of this law, resulting in the removal of religion from school systems, will continually result in more negative effects than positive ones. If this law did not go into effect, I believe schools, students, and families would be better off as a whole in many ways. Religion was and still is beneficial to schools because it sets a positive tone. Schools and teachers, who always set a positive tone for students, were shattered when prayer was removed from schools. Prayer helped teachers set an enlightened tone for their students’ days and nudge them in a positive direction. The positive tone in schools helped promote unity. Teachers are expected to be positive role models for children as the absence of mothers and fathers in homes is continuously decreasing. There is also less bullying among students when religion is present in schools. Religion should not be removed from government-funded public schools because our government was based on religious principles from the beginning. Our government was founded in the middle of paper......Apr. 2014. .Education Week discusses the freedom and practice of religion enshrined in the United States Constitution and how the government has changed this in its article "Religion in the Schools." They explain how "under God" was removed from the Pledge of Allegiance and explain how students can participate in religious clubs outside of school due to the federal Equal Opportunity Act taking effect. access of 1984. “Under God” was removed from the Pledge of Allegiance. the Pledge of Allegiance has been a highly debated issue that I believe will need to be addressed in my research paper. "TX HB51 | 2013 | 83rd Legislature, 2nd Special Session." LegiScan. eLobbyist LLC, July 10, 2013. Web. April 4, 2014. < http://legiscan.com/TX/bill/HB51/2013>. This source simply explains to me what my bill is and at what stage of the process it is in committee..