Christian prayers will no longer be broadcast over public school intercoms in a Louisiana district after a U.S. district court approved a settlement between the school board and two civil liberties groups. The organizations that had sued the Ouachita Parish School Board, Americans United for Separation of Church and State and the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana, called the action a victory for religious freedom.
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