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  • IL: Court allows Ill. moment of silence (Silent Reflection and Student Prayer Act)

    10/29/2007 7:41:52 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 5 replies · 139+ views
    AP on Yahoo ^ | 10/29/07 | Mike Robinson - ap
    CHICAGO - A federal judge refused Monday to temporarily bar schools from observing a brief period of prayer or reflective silence for students, but he allowed a lawsuit contesting the practice to move forward. U.S. District Judge Robert W. Gettleman told talk-radio host Rob Sherman, who filed the suit, and attorneys for school District 214 and the state to come back to court on Nov. 14 to explore the issue further. Sherman's 14-year-old daughter, Dawn, is a student in the district at Buffalo Grove High School. She and her father maintain that the new law is just another round in...