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If the school forces a prayer, and is public, its violated the 1st amendment and should stop. If its student led, then I could not care less.
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This student did lead it? So it's not a violation
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There is a difference here. If its official time, and the student is expected to lead a prayer, then its a violation. The the student up and does it on his or her own, then its not.
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[quote]No one said the school set an official time. And considering they have had many meetings like this before without problems, I'm going say that the student did it on their own. So unless you can say the school set a time, them it's not unconstitutional.[/quote]
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Did you read the same OP as me? Look right at the bottom.
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It was edited. So no I didn't read that. Then it is unconstitutional and I agree.
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A student leads the prayer during the graduations.
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Was the prayer part of the ceremony? Was it planned by the school, or did the student spontaneously do it?
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They've had a student led prayer as part of the ceremony for years. They did it 15 years ago, they did it when I graduated, and they planned on doing it this year too.
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If its on the schedule, then its being forced by the school. That's a no-no. If the student just up and did it, fine. But if the schedule had "Commencement Prayer 10:15 - 10:20" then that is a 1st Amendment issue.
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Editado por Mags: 1/24/2014 6:05:25 AMIt's always been the latter, sir. It's always had a segment in the schedule for prayer. Like I said in the OP, I can see the argument for both sides.
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If you can see both sides, then you have to side with the Constitution.
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I do, but this isn't something I feel very strongly about.