The Freedom From Religion Foundation has once again targeted religious expression in Arkansas. The Wisconsin-based atheist organization issued a statement last week saying it recently demanded the Highland School District to stop student-led prayer at school events.
The organization’s complaints stemmed from last September, when a student council president led prayer at a school pep rally and prayed during a Patriot Day memorial ceremony. FFRF’s staff attorney also objected to the school excusing students from class to voluntarily attend a prayer circle for a classmate in September and specifically promoting the Fellowship of Christian Students student-group.
This is just the latest example of FFRF’s ongoing campaign against religious expression in Arkansas. The organization is currently suing to remove the privately-funded Ten Commandments monument from the Arkansas Capitol lawn, and it recently joined a lawsuit to prevent public schools from displaying the Ten Commandments. In 2022, the group also celebrated the defeat of a proposed religious freedom amendment.
Arkansas families should be concerned when out-of-state groups try to intimidate local school districts into silencing student-led prayer. Students have clear constitutional rights to voluntarily pray and express their faith at school. These are fundamental freedoms protected by our constitution and our laws. There shouldn’t be anything controversial about that.
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