Posted on 11/11/2014 6:57:03 AM PST by Olog-hai
Christian students at a Colorado public high school were told they could no longer meet to pray, sing religious songs or discuss religious topics during free time because such activity violated the U.S. Constitution, a lawsuit filed in federal court alleges.
Chase Windebank is a senior at Pine Creek High School in Colorado Springs. Three years ago he started meeting together informally with his classmates for prayer and religious fellowship. The young people would meet in an unoccupied choir room to sing songs like Amazing Grace and discuss the issues of the day from a religious perspective.
But all that changed on Sept. 29th when Chase was summoned to the office of Assistant Principal James Lucas.
He was told that he could no longer pray with his fellow students during free time because of the separation of church and state, said Jeremy Tedesco, an attorney representing the teenager.
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Do they tell Muslims not to pray to Allah or wear unique Arabic clothes?
This is DEFINITELY the WRONG city to try THIS in!
You should not NEED a child to be going there!
Half of ALL of today’s teachers are BELOW average!
“Christian students at a Colorado public high school were told they could no longer meet to pray, sing religious songs or discuss religious topics during free time because such activity violated the U.S. Constitution”
There are only 2 ways that ordinary citizens can violate the constitution, by enslaving someone or by unlawfully bringing booze into a state (21st amendment) .
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