Prayer in schools Archives

Praying for a win: Florida bill would OK it in school sports
- Mar 18, 2021
Florida schools competing for a high school athletic championship could be given an opportunity to address the crowd, including with a prayer, before the competition begins, under a bill approved by a House committee Wednesday.

By Brendan Farrington
In Italy, plans for an Easter blessing yield a lawsuit for a public school
- Mar 24, 2015
BOLOGNA, Italy — The 16 board members of Giosuè Carducci Elementary School took their seats, chatting amicably, until the agenda turned to Easter. The board had agreed to let a Roman Catholic priest offer a blessing at their public school. Now the questions involved setting the date and whether to

By nyt
Ala. high school stops loudspeaker pregame prayers
- Oct 31, 2014
PIEDMONT, Ala. – A public high school in eastern Alabama has stopped using their football stadium’s public address system for pregame prayers after being accused of supporting institutionalized religion. WBMA-TV reported Wednesday that Piedmont High School stopped using the public address system for prayers after receiving letters from the Freedom From

By Associated Press

School board takes no action on prayer
- Oct 28, 2014
EASLEY, S.C. – The Pickens County School Board has set aside a vote on a policy approving prayer at its meetings. Multiple media outlets reported that the board voted four to two Monday against a new policy it approved last month. The board last month voted unanimously to allow ministers

By Associated Press

Atheist group: School aided Bible giveaway

Oct 15, 2014

JACKSON, Miss. – An atheist group says it objects to a Mississippi principal telling fifth-grade teachers to take students through a public school lobby where Gideons were handing out Bibles. The American Humanist Association sent a letter of complaint Tuesday to Kara Killough, principal of Northwest Rankin Elementary School in

By Associated Press

High school ends pregame coach-led prayers

Oct 10, 2014

ABERDEEN, S.D. – Aberdeen Central High School has ended coach-led prayers before football games, after the Freedom From Religion Foundation received a complaint. The foundation sent a letter to the school saying the prayers violated the Constitution, and asked for the practice to end. School Superintendent Becky Guffin tells KSFY-TV

By Associated Press

Del. school district questioned about team prayer

Oct 10, 2014

LEWES, Del. – An atheist group is questioning a Delaware school district after it says a high school football coach joined players in a prayer after the game. The Freedom From Religion Foundation sent a letter to the Cape Henlopen School District, saying Cape Henlopen football coach Bill Collick committed

By Associated Press

ACLU urges school board not to add prayers

Oct 8, 2014

The American Civil Liberties Union in Tennessee is urging school board members in Williamson County not to add prayers to meetings. A statement from ACLU of Tennessee Executive Director Hedy Weinbert says the proposal “not only undermines the students’ own religious freedom, it’s unconstitutional.” School board members on Monday discussed

By Associated Press