Advocates of school prayer contradict the very biblical passage they cite.

Evidence

American Highs have been mightily offended by the Supreme Court ruling against prayer in public schools. In Canada children used to recite the Lord’s Prayer routinely at the beginning of the school day, until it was challenged in the courts. The case aroused the fury of those who believe in school prayer. These people probably have read the Bible a great deal, but they seem to have missed that Jesus himself was against public prayer, saying we should go into a closet and shut the door when we say the Lord’s Prayer (Matthew 6:5-13)— the very prayer Highs wanted said aloud in public schools. — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 1214

Categorization

• XREF: Extends the vault’s Christian-nationalism claims by showing self-contradiction in how scripture is invoked politically.