From the Independent Journal:
Students and parents alike were disappointed when they heard the news that a 70-year tradition was about to be broken. At East Liverpool High School in Ohio, the choir sang the Lord’s Prayer at every graduation, but the threat of a lawsuit stopped them this year.
The threat came in the form of a letter from Wisconsin group the Freedom from Religion Foundation, which stated that in accordance with the separation of church and state, they needed to stop the choir from singing a prayer at a public graduation.
The school board recognized the threat of a lawsuit and chose not to engage in what they knew was likely to be a long and costly legal battle. School board president Larry Walton explained:
“We said ‘okay, we just won’t do it anymore.’
It was a decision made because we don’t have a lot of money and we’d rather hire teachers than pay lawyers.
It’s a war we can’t win.”
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The students didn’t let anybody stop them. At graduation, the valedictorian, raised his arms and the entire class stood up and recited the Lord’s prayer in unison to a thunderous applause.
Read the entire story here.
Chery GerstnerJune 3, 2016
Yay and Yes.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!......This IS America AFTER ALL THE Land of the Free and Home of the BRAVE>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> These students and young adults were brave and REMAINED strong with conviction for freedom and for making a good decision about their HEALTHY sacred school history.....God bless them and their families.......and God bless AMERICA!!