ICC Note:
In response to a letter by the American Humanist Association (AHA) directed to Hall County Superintendent, William Schofield, that demanded coaches at Chestatee High School stop joining and leading players in pre- and post-game prayers—which the AHA considers ” an egregious violation of the Establishment Clause”—parents and students gathered by the hundreds to pray on the school’s football field.
08/17/2014 United States (Christian News Network) – Approximately 200 students at a Georgia high school and their parents gathered to pray on the football field Wednesday—with an even larger gathering on Thursday—in response to a letter from a national humanist organization that threatened possible legal action if the school’s coaches continue “promot[ing] Christianity.”
As previously reported, the American Humanist Association (AHA) sent a letter on Tuesday to the superintendent of Hall County Schools, the principal of Chestatee High School and the chairman of the Board of Education after it received any complaint from a local resident about practices at the school.
According to the letter, written by AHA attorney Monica Miller, coaches at Chestatee High School have allegedly been citing Bible verses on team documents and either leading or joining with the team in prayer.
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