Okaloosa County: Teachers can lead school prayers

[d_legendary1]

A school board meeting in Okaloosa County, Florida devolved into a noisy, chaotic mess Monday night when a group of clergy began loudly praying, clapping and shouting as the board voted on whether to allow Christian prayers in public schools.

Friendly Atheist blogger Hemant Mehta reported that the board voted 3 to 2 in favor of allowing teachers and administrators to lead students in Christian prayers at school functions.

“Spoiler,” Mehta wrote. “These prayers are illegal.”

The Okaloosa-Walton Freethinkers — a secularist group — posted a video of the noisy mayhem that erupted at the meeting when all of the clergy members began to loudly pray together, joined by some members of the public.

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/10/watch-florida-school-board-meeting-devolves-into-chaos-as-rambunctious-christian-protesters-disrupt-vote/

-----Okaloosa. Nuff said.

[d_r]

1. Fwiw

I think this vote was for an invocation beforw school board meetings, not teacher led prayer at school functions.

[lpbk2713]

2. The solution that usually works out best for all sides ...

is a a moment of silence. Then the thumpers can go hog wild in their head while others make out their latest grocery list or play their latest ear worm. I never thought it was right to force your religion or superstition on everyone around you while they were a captive audience. One thing the people who like to invoke the Founding Fathers seldom consider is freedom OF religion is also freedom FROM religion.

[packman]

3. I live in this God forsaken area

meth heads, bigots, red necks, dregs of humanity - but they do love their religion. Yes, it has to do with praying before council meetings rather than schools. However, the signs saying "Pray for our Schools" litter the highways and even are printed on shopping bags. Assholes who mutter over their food and make a display of their Christian values, but could care less about another person's rights.