(CP) – The American Humanist Association, a non-profit group that advocates for humanists, atheists, and other nontheistic Americans, has accused the Griffin-Spalding School Systems in Georgia of hosting “unconstitutional school prayer activity” for student-athletes, but the school district says the students have been leading their own prayer and they have a constitutional right to do so. The group announced on Monday that their legal team sent a warning letter to Superintendent James Smith and Lindy Pruitt,
principal of Spalding High School, stating a concerned parent informed them that the high school hosted a prayer breakfast and sermon for football players provided by Griffin First United Methodist Church. “The Griffin First United Methodist Church hosted a breakfast and sermon for football players at Spalding High School, in clear violation of the Establishment Clause of the Constitution. The school softball coaches also lead the team in prayer before games,” the AHA said in a release this week. In the letter sent to the school officials, the Monica L. Miller, legal director and senior counsel of the AHA, said they were informed that on Aug. 23. READ MORE
Spalding was a Catholic Archbishop, therefore they can pray if they want. Sick of atheists. Leave people and their faith be. No one needs to be dragged into your misery.