Federal judge tells Mo. district to halt teacher-led prayers

[Judi Lynn]

Federal judge tells Mo. district to halt teacher-led prayers

By The Associated Press
09.07.06
ST. LOUIS — A federal judge in St. Louis has ordered a southeast Missouri school district to end school-initiated or sponsored prayer and other religious activities.

In his Aug. 30 injunction, U.S. District Judge Henry Autrey also ordered the Doniphan R-I School District to abide by its policy recognizing separation of church and state and forbidding the espousal of religious faith.

Autrey wrote that his ruling does not limit the right of "any student at his or her own initiative from voluntarily praying in a nondisruptive, noncoercive fashion during noninstructional time.

"Nor shall the foregoing limit the right of any individual employee of the district to pray privately, so long as students are not included in or exposed to the prayer, or in any way limit the activities of any employee outside the scope of his or her employment with the district."
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http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/news.aspx?id=17361

[Niche]

1. Thank you! Keep your religious beliefs between you and your god!

Keep it with yourself and in the privacy of your own home. Leave other peoples children alone.

[sarcasmo]

2. Kick and Nom to the top. I am so sick and tired of the Religious

Insanity in this Country. Have we crossed over into a Theocracy? I think we have.

[redqueen]

3. Good news!

:kick:

[progressoid]

4. Sheesh - what century are we living in?

Why do we even have to have these cases? Keep your God off my kids.

[SmokingJacket]

5. Over and over and over teacher-led prayer is found to be

unconstitutional -- why is it even getting to federal court?

Are they just trying to bring it to court over and over until they get a loonball judge, or what??

[CRK7376]

6. AMEN!!!

Good, now MO can get back to educating the children.....