Church and State; a wall?

[kingclick]

In (one) case Justice Rehnquist wrote that Alabama has the right to enforce government-sponsored prayer in public schools, and even to establish a state-sponsored church if it wants to—which questions the premise (based on the Fourteenth Amendment) that constitutional prohibitions on infringement of rights extend to the states. Rehnquist mounted a vigorous attack on the wall of church-state separation, saying that Jefferson’s metaphor was "useless" and should be "abandoned."

Hmmmm. What do you think about this? Do the states have the ability to make their own decisions concerning the "wall" between church and state?

[mom2burgess]

No I don't think they have that right. If they have the right to do that, I worry that the government sponsered prayer would be geared towards one religion, or maybe 2. I have no problem with schools allowing a quiet time in which children can pray if they wish to, but I don't think that each state should have the right to enforce government prayer or sponsered churches