ACLU questions Gate City High about prayer before football game.A prayer delivered prior to a high school football game last week resulted in Gate City High School receiving a letter Tuesday from the Virginia chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union. In the letter, the ACLU informed the school that it believed a prayer said during a student-led memorial service prior to Gate City’s Sept. 11 home game against Sullivan South High School was unconstitutional.
It also asked for the practice to cease immediately.
“We heard from someone who attends these football games … that the game last Friday was opened with a prayer and that they had seen this happen last season as well,” said Rebecca K. Glenberg, legal director for the Virginia ACLU. “The Supreme Court has made it quite clear that public high school football games cannot be opened with an official prayer.” That holds true even if the opening prayer is done by students, she said.
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