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Our government cannot establish a religion and cannot promote or deny a religious belief. This is our government working as intended. A person is within their right to pray at any time and in any place (this includes schools) so long as they are not disrupting or harming others, this is a direct effect of the 1st amendment (the same law that requires that our government cannot recognize a religion). The same law that requires that this banner be taken down is the one that allows you the right to believe what you want to believe, and attacking it will only impede personal freedom.

Schools do allow prayer, in fact a large number of schools have a "moment of personal silence" before or after the pledge of allegiance to accommodate students who wish to pray. In a school environment a child can pray at any time that it is not directly disruptive of others (the same as any other speech, as protected by the constitution). Our government recognizes that religion is a deeply personal issue, and the idea is for state and church to be completely separate pillars of society, each supporting and protecting the people in their own way. In places where the state interferes in religion you get the oppressive church that lead some of the first settlers of America to leave England. In places where religion interferes in state you get nations like Iran where people cannot openly state their beliefs out of fear of the government.

You have a right to express your beliefs, and you have a right to pray. What you do not have a right to do is threaten violence against a girl because she does not believe the same thing that you believe or because she pointed out the unconstitutional nature of your school's display. Threats of violence are not protected speech, and hateful discrimination is intolerable, especially from Christians.