La. Allows Students to Pray in Public Schools; Take That,You Atheist Supreme Court Judges

In what could be a harbinger for other states to follow, Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry and U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) have teamed up to produce a 15-page guide that seeks to alleviate the "confusion" about the religious freedom rights of students and teachers in public schools, the Christian Post website reports today (January 4, 2018).


The two politicians -- both lawyers -- released "Louisiana Student Rights Review," a document that aims to provide guidance on prayer and religious expression in public schools.


The guidance decries the notion that public schools in the U.S. must be religious-free zones. (A decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1963 ruled that prayer in U.S. public schools is illegal.)


"To the contrary, both federal and state laws specifically protect religious freedom rights in public schools," the document reads.