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3rd Circuit Rules Coach's Prayer Violates Establishment Clause

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High school football coach Marcus Borden filed suit challenging his school district's policy prohibiting him from participating, even silently, in student-led team prayers. The New Jersey District Court agreed with him that the policy is unconstitutional, and they added that his involvement would not violate the Establishment Clause. But yesterday, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals reversed that decision, ruling that the policy is constitutional, and that his participation would indeed violate the Constitutional protections against an establishment of religion. You could read the decision here. But then what purpose do I have? In the extended entry below, I have pasted highlights from the decision.

Full post as published by Blog From The Capital on April 16, 2008 (boomark / email).

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