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  • ACLU asks jail for Tangipahoa(Louisiana) school officials

    05/18/2005 4:53:35 PM PDT · by Ellesu · 81 replies · 1,529+ views
    2theadvocate.com ^ | 05/18/05 | ADAM NOSSITER
    Teachers and administrators in Tangipahoa Parish continue to violate a court-imposed school prayer ban, according to the ACLU, which Wednesday asked a federal judge to send them to jail. For the fourth time in less than two months, the ACLU has formally notified the judge that school officials are flouting the prayer ban, imposed to settle a lawsuit the civil liberties group filed for a parent in 2003. This time, the group says, an elementary school teacher in Tangipahoa Parish repeatedly held prayers in her fourth grade class, encouraged students to bring their Bibles to school, held Bible study classes...