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Supreme Court backs a high school coach’s right to pray on the 50-yard line

The 6-to-3 decision was the latest example of the court’s conservative supermajority requiring more accommodation for religion in public schools

By NPR

Supreme Court seems sympathetic to a coach who claims the right to pray

The case was brought by a public high school football coach who claims the right to kneel and pray on the 50-yard line at the conclusion of each game, joined by those of his players who want to participate.

By NPR

The Supreme Court ponders the right to pray on the 50-yard line

The Supreme Court of the United States will hear a case this week that involves a football coach’s right to kneel and pray on the 50-yard line at the end of a game.

By NPR

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Honking hallelujah: Drive-in theatre in Pa. becomes church during coronavirus shutdown

“We were made for a community with God and with others as well. So this gives that kind of an opportunity, while at the same time being as safe as we possibly can.”
By Miles Bryan/Keystone Crossroads

Trump to reinforce protections for prayer in schools

President Trump will use the power of his office to empower students who want to pray in their schools — and remind public schools they risk losing federal funds if they violate their students’ rights to religious expression.

By NPR

Pa. House spends $1.1 million to win court battle to preserve opening prayer tradition

"Our money is easy for them to spend and our opinions are just as easy for them to negate."
By Jan Murphy/PennLive

After court ruling, Pa. House to resume faith-based prayer

The Pennsylvania House of Representatives will resume opening its sessions with faith-based prayers, more than a month after a federal appeals court said the practice comports with the U.S. Constitution.

By The Associated Press

Polarizing prayers in Pa. government: When do religious words cross the line?

“Opening prayers should be inclusive and respectful to the whole community. They should never be divisive."
By Ivey DeJesus/PennLive


The PA House’s only Muslim woman spent her first day addressing ‘blatant Islamophobia’

"I knew I was going to receive some discrimination because of my religion...but I did not think it would come on the actual day of my swearing-in."
By Katie Meyer/WITF
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