The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to review a decision that prohibited student-led prayers at football games in a Texas school district. In the earlier decision, a federal appeals court had ruled that even “nonsectarian, nonproselytizing” prayers would violate the First Amendment separation of church and state.
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