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Inspirational messages are just school prayer in disguise say opponents of legislation that cleared a Florida House committee today. The bill allows students as young as five to give inspirational messages, as long as no adult helps decide what can be said. The Anti-Defamation League says no matter what you call the messages, they violate students rights.

“What would happen in your district if the prayer was to Allah? To Buddha? To HaShem, which is how we say God in Judaism, or another faith in which children were not brought up in,” David L. Barkey, with the Anti-Defamation League said. “This bill is about organized school prayer at mandatory and non-mandatory K-12 public schools.”

The legislation has already cleared the full State Senate. It has one more House Committee before being heard on the House Floor.