The Freedom From Religion Foundation accused a Tennessee school of violating constitutional law by allowing prayer at its graduation ceremony, but the school won’t budge.
Christopher Line, legal fellow with FFRF, wrote in a letter to Catoosa County Schools district that Ringgold High School should not have permitted public prayer at their May graduation ceremony, claiming that it was unconstitutional and that it alienated non-religious students, according to Chattanooga Times Free Press (CTFP). The school district responded, however, that graduation ceremonies were and would continue to be planned by students, and therefore the involvement of prayer was legal.
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3 comments:
And all along I have thought that this country was founded, in part, for 'Freedom Of Religion'. Must have had Communists for teachers...
Prayer does not belong in school or any other government facility. If you want your kid to pray at school send them to private school.
Those of us who are not brainwashed by religion are tired of having it shoved in our faces and our kids faces.
This is a public school graduation, not a church revival or religious service. It I want my kids being involved in compulsory prayers, I'd send them to a private religious school.
Force feeding people your brand of religiosity down the throats of those that didn't sign up for it is just pompous and rude. You are holding people hostage to a religious message they didn't ask for.
Forget the legality of it for a moment, it's just disrespectful of others and it's rude.
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