| Topic: |
Religions > Atheism |
| User: |
"Fredric L. Rice" |
| Date: |
26 Feb 2005 07:58:25 PM |
| Object: |
No to occultism in schools, Yes in government |
From The Associated Press, 2/25/05:
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-school-board-prayers,0,7486598..story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines
Judge Says No Prayers for School Boards
By KEVIN McGILL
Associated Press Writer
NEW ORLEANS --
Congress and legislatures can open their sessions with prayers, but a
federal judge ruled Friday that school boards do not have the same
leeway.
Ruling in a lawsuit brought by a parent against a southeastern
Louisiana school system, Judge Ginger Berrigan said school-sponsored
prayers in classes or at other school functions have long been
prohibited as a violation of First Amendment guarantees against
government-established religion.
School boards are integral parts of school systems, she said.
"In officially promoting a religious practice at its governmental
meetings, the board is doing what its schools and teachers cannot do,
favor religion over nonreligion and endorse particular religious
faiths," Berrigan wrote.
School children whose faiths are different from the majority of
students are vulnerable to peer pressure and feelings of isolation,
Berrigan wrote.
"Even without student participation, the board's policy of opening
with prayer is an endorsement of religion," the opinion said.
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