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"Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
"We've always led attendees in prayer during ceremonies of the public
high school. Why cannot we continue to offer a prayer at the upcoming
graduation?"
It's unconstitutional to do so even though those who want public prayer
are restricted from freely exercising their own religion.
But the problem comes when they try and censor the valedictorian from
mentioning her faith and how it helped her achieve her goals. (As
several courts have done over the years.) The Constitution does not
prohibit the mere mention of religion in public spaces.
As long as she doesn't lead the congregation in prayer, I don't see how
a bright line has been crossed about either Establishment or Free
Exercise.
There was also the case of the kid who liked to sit quietly and read his
bible during lunch hour. The rabid separation-of-church-and-staters
running his school had a fit and prohibited him from even possessing his
bible on school grounds. They were given an expensive education by a
federal court on how blinkered their view of the law was.
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