As reported by Jerry Coyne on Why Evolution Is True:<\/p>\n
I am informed by the diligent attorneys at the Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF) in Madison, Wisconsin that the Lebanon, Missouri school board has not answered the FFRF\u2019s\u00a0second letter to the Superintendent of Schools about Principal Kevin Lowery\u2019s prayer at a public school. That letter, shown below, was sent three weeks ago, on June 24. I didn\u2019t publish it at the FFRF\u2019s\u00a0request, so that the folks in Lebanon would have time to respond without pressure. (I doubt that my publishing it would constitute \u201cpressure,\u201d though.)<\/em><\/p>\n As you may recall, Principal Lowery prayed at the Lebanon High School graduation\u2014a blatant violation of the U.S. Constitution\u2019s First Amendment\u2014and the FFRF complained, as did\u00a0as several past and present students. \u00a0The school board and school superintendent ignored the FFRF\u2019s first letter<\/a>\u00a0sent on June 2. If you don\u2019t remember that fracas, some of the posts are at this search<\/a>. I personally complained to the school board, and got no response save a snarky response from member Kim Light<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n The school officials in the Lebanon School District have not responded to either letter.\u00a0In other words, they\u2019re stonewalling, hoping this will go away.<\/em><\/p>\n It won\u2019t.<\/em><\/p>\n Here’s the entire post: FFRF complains again, Lebanon school board stonewalls (a bad move) \u00ab Why Evolution Is True<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As reported by Jerry Coyne on Why Evolution Is True: I am informed by the diligent attorneys at the Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF) in Madison, Wisconsin that the Lebanon, Missouri school board has not answered the FFRF\u2019s\u00a0second letter to … Continue reading