“Public schools should encourage the free exchange of ideas. Instead, this school implemented an ill-conceived ban that singles out religious speech for censorship during free time,”
High School Bans Students From Holding Prayer Group in Free Time
By Heritage Foundation Kelsey Harkness——Bio and Archives--November 11, 2014
A Colorado high school banned a group of students from praying, singing Christian songs, and discussing religious topics in their free time.
Citing “separation of church and state,” officials at Pine Creek High School told Chase Windebank, a senior, that he and his classmates no longer were allowed to use an unoccupied choir room for religious purposes.
Windebank and some classmates at Pine Creek High School, north of Colorado Springs, had been holding meeting for prayer for three years during free time.
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