Thread: No More Prayer at Bell County Football Games

Bell County High School football games normally start with a prayer over the loudspeaker. But that was missing from Friday's home opener!

Before anyone takes the field, they usually hear a prayer. But not anymore.

"It certainly was not our choice to discontinue the prayer," said George Thompson, Superintendent of Bell County Schools.

Bell County Schools received a letter from the Freedom From Religion Foundation earlier in August.

"First thing we tried to determine - was it legitimate," said Thompson.

The letter instructs the school district to stop "a flagrant violation of the law." It's referring to a prayer before the football game, given by a local pastor.

"The Supreme Court has settled this question in case after case," said Annie Laurie Gaylor, Co-President of the Freedom From Religion Foundation.

The letter cites a number of Supreme Court cases where school-sponsored and even student-led prayers have been found to be unconstitutional.

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Thoughts?

Dudley Hilton is not even gone for a year at Bell County and this is what happens.