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2005-04-06 14:13:39 UTC
High school's pre-game prayer called 'un-American and immoral'
POSTED: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 6:52:18 AM
UPDATED: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 6:52:18 AM
NEW ORLEANS -- The American Civil Liberties Union wants a federal judge to
punish public school officials for a prayer that was recited last month
before a high school baseball game.
ACLU of Louisiana executive director Joe Cook says it was un-American and
immoral to allow an adult to pray over Loranger High Schools public
address system.
Cook says members of the school board should be fined or jailed for
failing to stop it.
Last month, the ACLU asked Judge Ginger Berrigan to hold the same school
board in contempt for letting an elementary school student recite the
Lords Prayer before its meeting.
Berrigan ruled in February that school boards, unlike most government
bodies, cannot hold public prayers. That ruling was denounced by Louisiana
Governor Kathleen Blanco and is being appealed.
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POSTED: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 6:52:18 AM
UPDATED: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 6:52:18 AM
NEW ORLEANS -- The American Civil Liberties Union wants a federal judge to
punish public school officials for a prayer that was recited last month
before a high school baseball game.
ACLU of Louisiana executive director Joe Cook says it was un-American and
immoral to allow an adult to pray over Loranger High Schools public
address system.
Cook says members of the school board should be fined or jailed for
failing to stop it.
Last month, the ACLU asked Judge Ginger Berrigan to hold the same school
board in contempt for letting an elementary school student recite the
Lords Prayer before its meeting.
Berrigan ruled in February that school boards, unlike most government
bodies, cannot hold public prayers. That ruling was denounced by Louisiana
Governor Kathleen Blanco and is being appealed.
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