A decision by a South Carolina judge has delimited the role of prayer in school graduation ceremonies.
U.S. District Judge Bruce Howe Hendricks, an Obama-era appointee, ruled on Thursday that Greenville County Schools cannot sponsor the prayers of individual students by asking the audience to bow their heads or seeming to show support in any way for the act of faith.
“The district and/or school officials shall not encourage, promote, advance, endorse, or participate in causing prayers during any graduation ceremony,” Henricks wrote. “In the event that a student’s remarks contain prayer, no school officials shall join in or otherwise participate in the prayer.”
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