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Constitutional Law

Nov. 20, 1999

When Players Lead Prayers

By Marianne Means If students lead prayers over a loudspeaker to a captive audience at a public high school football game, are they exercising the First Amendment right of freedom of religion, or are they violating the constitutional barrier that separates church and state?

        By Marianne Means

        If students lead prayers over a loudspeaker to a captive audience at a public high school football game, are they exercising the First Amendment right of freedom of religion, or are they violating the constitutional barrier that separates church and state?
        How could officials assure people that the pr...

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