Ohhhh! NOW I get it! Since the Congress has for the usual political pettifogging reasons decided to pander to the Christians and to utterly ignore Jesus's specific commands in the Bible, (and who would be more apt to fit the phrase hypocrites than American politicians), Then it is like wise perfectly acceptable to ignore Poor Ol' Jesus in Mark 6:5 and extend the hypocrisy to our schools. Because our good American mouth breathers do not understand Jesus much better and demand the forbidden fruit of publical prayer such as specifically condemned by Jesus.