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Cosmocat

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11. I served on school board and I always told people when this came up

Reply to Gore1FL (Reply #1)

Tue Mar 21, 2017, 06:33 PM

Mar 2017

I am perfectly fine with school prayer as long as people realize that will mean that little abdul gets to do salah, too.

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Court: Student prayers OK at school board meetings [View all] Judi Lynn Mar 2017 OP

I suspect the rub will come when someone wants to pray from an unexpected religion Gore1FL Mar 2017 #1

Yup but when that happens the court had best slap them down if they try to block them as they were cstanleytech Mar 2017 #4

I served on school board and I always told people when this came up Cosmocat Mar 2017 #11

sure until they find a wiccan or a muslim student to lead the prayer Thomas Hurt Mar 2017 #2

I just wonder what the Texas school board would do if descendants of Comanche Chief Quanah Parker turbinetree Mar 2017 #3

Umm, no. paleotn Mar 2017 #7

I agree whole heartly turbinetree Mar 2017 #9

Student led prayers have always been legal. alphafemale Mar 2017 #5

Is it appropriate to drag students into the meetings of adult school board members, Judi Lynn Mar 2017 #6

Yeah, no kid wants to go to a school board meeting. n/t Zing Zing Zingbah Mar 2017 #8

umm...the little brain-washed twits that want to do public prayer are probably exited. alphafemale Mar 2017 #10