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Jail Threat for prayer at school
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Posted by: blessedbygod
From kirotv.com
ACLU Wants Teachers, Principal Jailed For Praying
School Officials Accused Of Violating Prayer Ban
POSTED: 9:01 am PDT May 19, 2005
UPDATED: 9:30 am PDT May 19, 2005
NEW ORLEANS -- The American Civil Liberties Union has asked a federal judge to jail public school teachers and administrators for allegedly violating a court-imposed ban on school prayers.
It's the fourth time the ACLU has told Judge Ginger Berrigan that officials in Louisiana's Tangipahoa Parish are flouting her prayer ban.
This time, the ACLU said an elementary school teacher repeatedly held prayers in her fourth-grade class, encouraged students to bring their Bibles to school, held Bible studies in the school cafeteria and admonished students who didn't show up.
In addition, the ACLU cited a prayer "in Jesus' name" that was recently given over a high school's public address system while the principal sat by silently.
The ACLU said school officials' violation of the prayer ban "must result in their removal from society."
Posted by: christythompson
Lord
Let us not be silent
Let us raise our voices to keep our freedoms
from those who preach tolerance,
yet who are so intolerant to the christian voice.
Who are we without prayer
Our cry up to the God of this earth
Let us rise up united
proud to be christians in the town square.
Posted by: Christian Commando
Lord- We pray, let this be an example of our being able to seek and pray to you freely anywhere in this Country. Revitalize the fact the founders of this Country saught after this allowance of speaking of you and prayer in our teaching institutes at all levels.
Help those opposed to this to realize if not for your guiding Principles in our Governing system, we wouldn't be able to pray at all, much less now in schools again.
Lord we pray you will use this situation to bring light to understanding our true freedom lies in belonging to and following you in all aspects of life, including training. In Jesus Name- Amen!!