[nky]

This is not preventing anyone from praying. Prayer by individuals is not prohibited, nor is having a "moment of silence/reflection" to allow those in the audience who wish to pray to do so. All this does is prevent a public entity, paid for with tax dollars from Americans of ALL faiths, from using school resources (in this case, the PA system in a football stadium) to promote a certain religion, when this is not the business of a school system (or any other public entity) to promote a certain religion. The issue at heart is not a persecution of Christianity; it's the legal concept that government shouldn't be promoting ANY religion (be it Christianity, Judaism, Islam, et al.) via use of public-funded resources. It may seem a harmless prayer if you're a believer, but if you're a non-believer or believe in something else, it's your school district telling you over a public address system THIS is what we think you should believe, and your belief (whatever it may be) is NOT our official district religion.

Thank whatever power you believe in that we do NOT live in a country where the majority always gets what it wants, no matter how right the majority thinks it is. Unless you think the black folk should still be riding in the back of the bus...

MOment of silence may violate the Sumpreme Court Case
Wallace v. Jaffree,1985