Lawyers with First Liberty Institute -- one of the nation's premier defenders of religious liberty -- have confronted a Texas high school principal's decision to "quarantine" students who wanted to pray together during non-class time, the WND (World Net Daily) website reports today (November 5, 2018).
"Ya'll don't do that again," the principal, Lee Frost, told the students after they met during a lunch period, sat at an empty table, and quietly prayed together.
Frost then told the students they could pray only if they went on the cafeteria's stage behind the curtain, outside of the school building, or in the gym while no one was present.
"Students should not have to hide or be exiled to pray for each other," said Keisha Russell, associate counsel for First Liberty. "School officials need to remember that students don't lose their First Amendment rights at the school house gate..."
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