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Texas Town Ues Christianity In School Football Program

By Howard M. Friedman

The Sherman, Texas a href="http://www.heralddemocrat.com/hd/News/12-18-Celi-story"Herald Democrat /areported Wednesday on the continued use of Christianity in the football program of the Celina, Texas public schools. At the end of a recent game, players from Celina and opponent Liberty Hill joined hands to recite the Lord's Prayer. Celina coach Butch Ford said: "Our goal (against Liberty Hill) was to play with the joy of the Lord in our heart so we'd play excited all of the time, and we wouldn't be down no matter what happened...." In 1999, Celina's prior coach defied a court order to lead a pre-game prayer. One of the Celina team's players said: "In our community we stress God and Jesus very, very much.... I've never lived anywhere else in my life, but people who move in say there's no other place like Celina."

Full post as published by Religion Clause on December 19, 2008 (boomark / email).