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The Lebanon, Missouri case, in which Principal Kevin Lowery of Lebanon High School said a Christian prayer at the school graduation, has now drawn to a close. After stonewalling the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s (FFRF’s) complaints twice, the school board finally produced a bunch of emails about the issue in response to a request under … Continue reading Update on the Lebanon, Missouri case
Twice the Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF) has written to the Superintendent of Schools of the Lebanon, Missouri school district, and twice they have been met with silence. The FFRF’s complaint, you’ll recall, is about Lebanon High School Principal Kevin Lowery’s prayer at the last graduation—a prayer that clearly violated the First Amendment. Principal Lowery … Continue reading A shot across Lebanon, Missouri’s bow
Last Tuesday, June 24, the Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF) sent its second letter to the Superintendent of the Lebanon (Missouri) R-III school district, asking them to respond to the FFRF’s previous letter about Principal Kevin Lowery’s prayer at the graduation ceremony at Lebanon High. (You can see Lowery’s prayer on YouTube here, which I now notice says … Continue reading What’s going on in Lebanon, Missouri?
As far as I know, ever since the Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF) wrote to the Lebanon, Missouri school superintendent and school board, objecting to Lebanon High School principal Kenneth Lowery’s prayer to God at graduation, there has been no response. None, that is, except for Lowery’s two apologies, which weren’t really apologies because he … Continue reading A warning to Lebanon, Missouri: another state high school successfully sued for promoting religion
Although my friend Hemant “The Friendly Atheist” Mehta has already lost his bet on the unconstitutionality of the Lebanon High School principal’s graduation speech, he refuses to admit it in his latest post. If he doesn’t pony up with the Islay malt pronto, I’ll have to start calling him “The Obdurate Atheist.” But of more … Continue reading The Friendly Atheist publishes a letter from a disaffected student at Lebanon High School
