A U.S. court said high school graduation ceremonies may include student-led prayers. In making the ruling, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a rural Idaho school district’s policy of allowing the top students in each graduating class to decide whether to have prayers at graduation. The ruling is binding upon nine western states.
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