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- Ishmael Jaffree, an agnostic lawyer from Mobile, Alabama, learned his children were led in school prayers despite the 1962 ban on mandatory prayer.
- After his son faced bullying for refusing to participate, Jaffree filed a federal lawsuit in 1982 claiming Alabama's laws violated the First Amendment.
- The Supreme Court ruled in 1985 for a belief-neutral moment of silence in classrooms.
- Justice John Paul Stevens emphasized individual freedom of belief.
