For more than a year, ever since a change in board chairs, the Duval County Public School Board has begun most of its monthly meetings with a prayer — specifically a Christian prayer. This has led two ...
In this photo taken Thursday, April 29, 2010, sixth grade students are shown in their classroom at Hope Lutheran School in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Credit: Jessie L. Bonner/AP Sign up for the Concord ...
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WIAT) — The Alabama House of Representatives passed a bill Tuesday that would require public schools to set aside time each day for student-led prayer. Lawmakers approved HB511 after ...
Public schools have been barred from sponsoring official prayer since the Supreme Court’s 1962 ruling in Engel v. Vitale, a landmark decision that cemented the principle of church-state separation in ...
Tennessee Rep. Gino Bulso has introduced a bill to "get voluntary prayer back in public schools." The bill has received bipartisan pushback, with critics arguing it is unnecessary because prayer is ...