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Prayer in Schools


In the past few weeks, there has been some controversy in Lauderdale County, Alabama, (where I live) concerning prayer before football games in the public school system. Some saw this as school-sanctioned prayer, because it was broadcast over a PA system that belonged to the school, and a violation of First Amendment rights of the 8% of the crowd that didn't like it.

The superintendent, possibly in order to avoid a lawsuit for his already financially stressed department, stopped the prayer.

At one of the county schools last Thursday night, minutes before kickoff, three timid six-grade girls stood up and began to recite the Lord's prayer. Immediately, they were joined by almost every person sitting in the bleachers on the home side. When the guests of the opposing team saw what was going on, they stood and recited the prayer, too.

At another county school the same night, fans from both sides walked onto the field together and prayed. It caused the kickoff to be a few minutes late, but the penalty was declined.

No human can stop a Christian from praying. As a teacher, I can assure you that prayer in school is constant, even if it is not on an intercom system.

Daniel prayed, knowing he was heading for a lions' den, and we all know how that turned out!

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  1. lil red henNovember 3, 2011 at 2:06 PM

    God bless those little girls!! It hurts to see how some are so bent on excluding God from everything.

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  2. Patricia J. WeaverNovember 3, 2011 at 2:59 PM

    Here's my thoughts for what they're worth... prayer is you talking to God... public prayer is someone else saying the words and you saying "oh yes, and me too." Cheers for the fans standing for the right thing... the Lord works in strange ways and maybe this is his way of jarring us into saying ... Enough is enough... I will pray, I will keep In God We Trust ... because God is the only thing you can trust today.
    Trying to stop prayer because of a few is like burning books, it makes the many more determined to overcome and the few to look like monsters. Thank you Mr. Green or whoever it was that complained... I'm hearing a joyful noise because of your narrow mind,

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  3. Janet,November 3, 2011 at 8:23 PM

    Looks like it all worked out in the long run! Good for those girls and the spectators.

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