A student is praying alone in his public school cafeteria before lunch. This activity is acceptable according to the establishment clause because

The Establishment Clause prohibits the government, including a public school, from sponsoring or pressuring students to take part in religious activity. A student may pray privately and voluntarily, as long as the school is not directing or asking him to pray. Therefore, the correct choice is “the school is not asking the student to pray.”

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