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Would Daily Moment of Silence Help Florida Students with Stress or Just Steal More Instruction Time?

April 23, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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The Florida Senate passed legislation that would require every first-period teacher to set aside one to two minutes for a moment of silence. That would be every school day, meaning roughly 180 days in the academic year.

Citing Secular Protocol, Florida Athletic Association Rejects Schools’ Claim That Prayer Was Muzzled

October 22, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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Florida law does not require, and for good and valid reason does not permit, the FHSAA to promote prayer through state-run public address systems, the athletic association argues.

Tampa Christian School Files Suit Over Ban on Loudspeaker Prayer at Football Game

September 28, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

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The nonprofit that operates Cambridge Christian School in Tampa said the Florida High School Athletic Association violated its civil rights by banning the private school and its opponent from joining in prayer over the loudspeaker at the game.

John Fischer’s Hate Speech

February 10, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 86 Comments

In twice calling for a return of school prayer in the last three weeks, Flagler County School Board member John Fischer did so not from good will but out of angry resentment for “special interests” and “political correctness” that he claims are standing in the way of “our rights.” He is offensively wrong, and the school board should resist his call to prayer.

The Soft-Core Terrorism
Of Florida’s Gun Worship

December 16, 2012 | Pierre Tristam | 63 Comments

Florida’s gun-worship is part of a lethal, juvenile romance for guns and a national disease that doesn’t hesitate to lock and load the words “gun” and “hobby” in the same chamber while vilifying those who’d imply a connection with the consequences.

School Prayer Cloaked as Student-Led Making Another Contested Run at Legalization

November 2, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

The latest school-prayer proposal proposal before the Florida Legislature would let local school boards adopt prayer-enabling resolutions, letting students lead audiences in prayer at games or graduations or other non-compulsory events.

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