Citation: Wallace v. Jaffree (1985)
Facts: An American citizen and a Mobile resident named Ishmael Jaffree was the father of three children who attended Mobile County Public Schools. One of the children was teased by other students for not participating in prayer during the school day. On May 28, 1982 Jafree decided to sue the school system, school officials and three teachers. He sought a declaratory judgment and an injunction to prevent the school system from allowing regular religious activities to be held during school hours. Jafree maintained that allowing religious activities during school was a violation of the first amendment of the United States Constitution. He went on to say that all of his children had been subjected to participating
for prayer and not any nonspiritual purpose. In my home state of Alabama, the case of Wallace vs. Jaffree where a father of three children who attended a Mobile school…
