Defend religious freedom by rejecting school board prayer
Forcing prayers in public school meetings will sow division, exclude people of different faiths and blur the line between church and state.
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Forcing prayers in public school meetings will sow division, exclude people of different faiths and blur the line between church and state.
A casual suggestion at a Prosser school board meeting last month flared into another example of why recent efforts to erode the long-established separation of church and state should cease.
A suggestion that the Prosser School Board should open its meetings with a prayer has resulted in objections from students and threats of legal action from a national organization. During a …
“Our public schools are paid for by anybody and everybody, including those with no religion.”