Tag: School Prayer
Atheist teen forces school to remove prayer from wall after 49 years
Abby Goodnough January 27, 2012.
Print: New York Times
Excerpt:
“She is 16, the daughter of a firefighter and a nurse, a self-proclaimed nerd who loves Harry Potter and Facebook. But Jessica Ahlquist is also an outspoken atheist who has incensed this heavily Roman Catholic city with a successful lawsuit to get a prayer removed from the wall of her high school auditorium, where it has hung for 49 years. “
Battle Anew Over the Place of Religion in Public Schools
By Erik Eckholm January 7, 2012.
Print: The New York Times
It has been nearly 50 years since the Supreme Court ruled that officially sponsored prayer in public schools violated the separation of church and state. But in some corners of the country, open prayer and Christian symbols have never disappeared from schools.
Atheist’s outburst at Polk meeting gets him arrested
By JEREMY MAREADY and MERISSA GREEN February 24, 2011.
Print: The News Chief
John Kieffer, president of Atheists of Florida, was arrested yesterday at the start of the Polk County School Board meeting while protesting the school board’s practice of holding prayers before their meetings.
