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n9020351@henson.cc.wwu.edu (James Douglas Del-Vecchio) writes:

>session@seq.uncwil.edu (Zack C. Sessions) writes:

||I'm sorry, I missed that ruling. Can you cite the actual case which was
||argued which resulted in this ruling? I find it hard to believe that
||anyone, including the SC, can prevent any student from saying a silent
||prayer before a test or before lunch.
|
|No, the case was a school which had a speaker who said a prayer.  Someone
|objected, and made a federal case about it.  The SC ruled that public 
|schools may not have prayers at their graduation as in the case.  I cannot
|cyte the case, but it wa in our local paper also.

I remember very well the ruling on restricting prayer at school sponsored
events, such as commencement. However, my question was directed to your
claim that there was a recent SC ruling which said that no praying was
allowed period at any time, or did I misunderstand you. Here is what you
said, which you removed from your reponse back to me:

||Ah, but it is illegal now.  Not only can the school not pay for praying
||at a graduation, but the SC recently ruled that no praying can take place
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||there, regardless of funding.   I'm not a christian, or in any way religious,
  ^^^^^
||but I think it is ridiculous for the federal government to micro-manage
||the actions of local schools, all the way down to what is said at graduation.
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Zack Sessions
sessions@seq.uncwil.edu
University of North Carolina at Wilmington
"Good health is merely the slowest form of dying."