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Originally Posted by MarchHare

You brush up on your case law and read about Santa Fe Independent School Dist. v. Doe in which the Supreme Court ruled that public prayers at schools, even if they're student-led, are still an unconstitutional violation of the First Amendment.

Link to the actual Supreme Court ruling: http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/99-62.ZS.html

Wikipedia (ZOMG NON-CREDIBLE SOURCE!) article explaining the ruling without the legalese: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_F...l_Dist._v._Doe

I understand that...I do. What I am saying is...what can they do though? Should they have had a sniper at the ready to clock someone who mentioned "god"?

Should the student be arrested and prosecuted?

I honestly dont understand what it is they expect to have happen. I agree if the school and/or teachers agreed to the prayer in this case...they are screwed. But from reading what I did, this was not the case. It was the community getting together and deciding among themselves they were going to do it together....students, parents and whoever else.