Where there's a Will, there's a way

The law for a moment of silence in schools has to be one of the most boneheaded acts of an undistinguished session of the Illinois General Assembly. I read that there's no enforcement provision for students who don't comply.

If students are truly free to do or say what they choose during that time, then I'd like to suggest that High School students make the moment of silence more productive by reading the first amendment to the Constitution. It might teach students something that the sponsors of the law failed to learn in school. Here's a copy of the amendment for any High School students interested in trying the idea.

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

Any student told to be silent can simply remind the teacher of their first amendment right to free expression and then read it aloud again.

As a bonus they might read this section of the Bill of Rights found in the Illinois State Constitution.

No person shall be required to attend or support any ministry or place of worship against his consent, nor shall any preference be given by law to any religious denomination or mode of worship.

Doesn't this law requiring a moment of reflection give preference to a particular mode of worship and turn our schools into places of worship that our students are forced to attend?