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By MICHELLE MILLHOLLON mmillhollon@theadvocate.com Capitol news bureau Gov. Kathleen Blanco is stepping into the fray over whether prayer should be allowed at Tangipahoa Parish School Board meetings. The governor issued a statement Sunday to express her unhappiness with last week's federal court ruling that school boards can't open their meetings with a prayer. Blanco urged the School Board to appeal and offered to file a brief in support of the efforts. "I believe that such prayers are entirely appropriate, constitutional and in keeping with a practice in our nation that dates back to the Continental Congress," Blanco said in a...