By Michael Mower

While campaigning for the presidency, President George Bush promised a "kinder, gentler nation." One proposal that he supported was to put God back in the classroom via school prayer. The Supreme Court forced Him out in 1964, citing a conflict of church and state. However, with Bush's new appointments to the High Court, He has been allowed back in.

Let's look into the future to see how school prayer is doing in Mrs. Nebeker's third grade class at George Wallace Elementary School:

"...and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."

"Very good boys and girls, wasn't it nice to begin the day with the pledge? If Governor Dukakis had been elected, I'd probably be in jail now for teaching you kids those words; in jail without any hope of a weekend furlough. And now it's time for our daily prayer."

"Robert, will you lead us today? While Robert is coming up here, we'd like Jeremiah the Jew, Megan the Mormon, and Adam the Agnostic to go out into the hall. When these three can learn to pray like the rest of us good Christians, we'll let them back in the classroom for prayer time."

"Now Jeremiah, you go out there and put on your skull cap and start chanting to the wall. Megan, you little Mormon you, you may start praying to your Joseph Smith. Who knows but you might have a visit with an angel who'll give you a golden math book. And Adam, well Adam, you're the worst. You don't even know who to pray to. I'd like you to write a five page report on either "Charles Darwin has hell to pay come judgement day" or "Evolution has made a monkey out of me."

"Robert, you may begin."

"Father of us all..."

"Yes Sarah?"

"How do we know our Creator isn't a woman, Mrs. Nebeker?"

"Now Sarah, who filled your head with that kind of feminist nonsense? You may take yourself and your little Communist inspired secular humanist ideas and march them up to the principal's office. Continue Robert."

"...For this pretty day."

“David Timothy Lloyd, what in heaven's name are you doing with your eyes open? You'll not only burn in hell, but you'll stay in recesses as well if you don't close your eyes right now. Continue Robert.“

"For our teacher, Mrs. Nebeker, for our playground, for vacations..."

"Oh my word, may Allah and the principal take pity on me, I forgot to send Muhammad the Muslim out into the hall so that he could pray to Mecca. Son of Ishmael, scoot out the door and you can put your prayer rug down by the chanting Jeremiah. I know the Muslims and the Jews don't get along too well, so maybe you two can change that by acting like good Christians. Continue Robert."

"We ask you for help on tests, and that Brett will stop picking on us during lunch. Amen."

"Thank you Robert. That was a lovely prayer. Isn't it wonderful that we have prayer back in the classroom where it belongs."