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  • ACLU suing Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana School Board (School Prayer)

    04/07/2005 8:33:19 AM PDT · by Houmatt · 93 replies · 2,307+ views
    ACLU of Louisiana ^ | April 5, 2005 | ACLU of Louisiana
    NEW ORLEANS—The ACLU has filed a motion for criminal contempt today against the Tangipahoa Parish School Board for defying an agreed on court order banning official prayer at athletic events. An individual identified as Shane Tycer delivered a pre-game prayer over the PA system on March 24 at a baseball game between Loranger High School and Sumner High School. This marks the second contempt motion filed against the school board within the past two weeks for transgressions of injunctions related to the original lawsuit. “The defendant school board and its superintendent cannot get away with a shell game that mocks...