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Florida House Speaker: Football coaches can’t pray with players? Change the law again!
Florida’s house speaker says state law should be changed to allow public high school football coaches to pray with their teams.
“I feel it’s sad for a society like America that, as a culture, we decided in an extracurricular activity it’s inappropriate for an adult to lead a prayer voluntarily with students who volunteer to pray with them,” said House Speaker Will Weatherford, a Wesley Chapel Republican.
Weatherford said he thought a law passed last year would permit superintendents to set guidelines for such worship activities.
His comments came after the superintendent of Pasco County schools sent a letter Friday to the district’s football coaches reminding them that it’s inappropriate for adults to initiate, lead or participate in prayer with students while serving in their school roles.
Hernando County officials sent similar memos to coaches.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/10/01/florida-house-speaker-football-coaches-cant-pray-with-players-change-the-law-again/
“I feel it’s sad for a society like America that, as a culture, we decided in an extracurricular activity it’s inappropriate for an adult to lead a prayer voluntarily with students who volunteer to pray with them,” said House Speaker Will Weatherford, a Wesley Chapel Republican.
Weatherford said he thought a law passed last year would permit superintendents to set guidelines for such worship activities.
His comments came after the superintendent of Pasco County schools sent a letter Friday to the district’s football coaches reminding them that it’s inappropriate for adults to initiate, lead or participate in prayer with students while serving in their school roles.
Hernando County officials sent similar memos to coaches.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/10/01/florida-house-speaker-football-coaches-cant-pray-with-players-change-the-law-again/
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