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What happened when a public school student sued over prayer

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Webster Parish, Louisiana (CNN)Kaylee Cole walks into school each morning and has breakfast with friends.Every day starts the same: Announcements, birthdays and school events are broadcast over the public address system. What comes next is what she dreads.
"They say, 'Please stand for the Prayer and the Pledge.' And then we move right into it. And it's the Lord's Prayer," Cole says.
Cole sits down. Raised as a Christian but now agnostic, she doesn't want to hear it.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/23/us/louisiana-school-prayer-lawsuit/index.html


This woman deserves a medal
 

That's what so many right-wing evangelicals don't get: they want everyone to believe exactly the same as they do...but the Constitution's First Amendment guarantees freedom of religion. They can require everyone to believe as they do and force schoolchildren to abide by their rules...OR they can respect and preserve our Constitutional rights. They can't do both.

I am a strong Christian, but I can guarantee that their beliefs are not the same as mine.
 
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