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High School Football and Prayer GUESTS: STEVEN SHAPIRO *National ACLU Legal Director OTHER GUEST TBA Earlier this year, the Supreme Court ruled that student-led prayers held before sporting events ...
Sen. Mike Lee filed an amicus brief, often called a “friend of the court” filing, to the Supreme Court as it considers taking ...
BREMERTON, Washington -- A coach's personal act of prayer that grew into a public spectacle after Bremerton High School football games is now a major test of the First Amendment in a case Monday ...
Upperman high school football player Elijah Burgess said he never thought he'd be told not to pray, but he decided to take a stand after his school district prohibited coaches and teachers from ...
A high school football coach who was banned from taking a knee for a brief personal prayer after football games is taking his challenge back to the Supreme Court, the latest such dispute to reach ...
Rockvale High School Football Coach Rick Rice leads a team prayer, a practice that came under fire from the Freedom From Religion Foundation. (Burton Staggs/Tennessee River Valley News) ...
WASHINGTON—On Monday, the Supreme Court will turn to the question of prayer in public school, with the religious rights of a high-school football coach clashing with the district’s obligation ...
In June, the U.S. Supreme Court ordered an end to the practice of prayers being offered over the public-address system at public high school football games. But when the new football season opened ...
It offends me to see sanctimonious public prayer in any circumstance; still, ... I Don’t Want to See a High School Football Coach Praying at the 50-Yard Line. July 8, 2022.
At some Florida high schools, a new pregame ritual has been added to the docket this season. A stadium-wide prayer, including at public schools.