Ohio school district ending graduation prayers thanks to FFRF

Thanks to the work of the Freedom From Religion Foundation, New Riegel Local Schools in Ohio will no longer include prayer at graduation ceremonies.

The national state/church watchdog was contacted by a concerned school community member who informed it that the New Riegel High School commencement ceremony included a student-led invocation. The student speaker asked attendees to stand and bow their heads before delivering a prayer. The ceremony program listed the invocation taking place before the Pledge of Allegiance. ---More...