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Permalink Reply by David Henson on January 2, 2013 at 8:34pm

Schools in the US are terrified of lawsuits. It hasn't been so long ago when Jehovah's Witnesses were beaten and harassed unmercifully for refusing to Pledge Allegiance To The Flag, a prayer. There is a great deal of precedence from today's atheist community for their legal struggle.

Make noise. Complain back. Be heard.

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Permalink Reply by wisp on January 2, 2013 at 9:10pm

Unsurprising, but disturbing to see the unthinkingly hateful comments there. Teacher-sponsored prayer abounded at the public high school I went to. It really gave authority to the awful things the bigoted students were telling me to believe. Better for everyone if they let prayers at school remain a personal matter for each student or teacher and avoid group prayer activity. They would not like it if it were a Muslim prayer or (lol) pagan.

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Permalink Reply by scLovely on January 4, 2013 at 10:31am

Exactly. And speaking of the comments there, someone wants to know the identity of the one that complained. Why else would they want to know other than to retaliate against that person.

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Permalink Reply by Doug Reardon on January 2, 2013 at 9:39pm

Lock and load!

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Permalink Reply by scLovely on January 4, 2013 at 10:35am

I love this attitude!

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Permalink Reply by Matt Thomas on January 2, 2013 at 10:09pm

I find it saddening that such a large number of people in America can't define the difference between private and public schools. The comments of the christian people below the article astound me and the answer is plain and simple. There are already schools set up that are run by the church send your children to them.

Wisp you are very right if the prayer were muslim, pagan or any other religion the christians would be suing the school so damn fast but to take their prayer out infringes on their god given rights.

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Permalink Reply by James Cox on January 4, 2013 at 2:01am

If I were only interested in being a 'one term principle', making other prayers during the school day might be fun. Creating a stink could be a real teaching moment...

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Permalink Reply by Kairan Nierde on January 3, 2013 at 12:17am

Precious, how they compare FFRF to Westboro Baptist Church!

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Permalink Reply by Dan Ashton Lloyd on January 3, 2013 at 7:45am

The comments under that article are extremely frustrating. 

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Permalink Reply by Lewal on January 3, 2013 at 11:20pm

"The constitution guarantees freedom OF religion not FROM it."

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Permalink Reply by Dan Ashton Lloyd on January 4, 2013 at 5:44pm

My blog.

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Permalink Reply by scLovely on January 4, 2013 at 10:37am

And I deal with them on a daily basis. The "Carolyn Head" that commented on the blog is a friend of my family and has been forever. She's on my facebook haha. So yes, the people of my community are disturbing.

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