Score one for prayer
Sep 13, 2013 at 9:27 AM Sep 13, 2013 at 9:32 AM
Spectators stand and recite 'The Lord's Prayer' before the national anthem is sung during Friday night's football game at Randleman High School. The school has been in the center of a controversy since Tommy McDonald's decision to offer a prayer over the public address system at the first football game of the season on Aug. 23. McDonald chairs the Randolph County Board of Education and has announced games at RHS for years. On Sept. 6, the school system received a letter from the American Civil Liberties Union. Chris Brook, ACLU legal director for the Raleigh office, said his organization has received 'multiple calls' complaining about the prayer and its violation of the Constitution. McDonald has since asked the audience to join him in a moment of silence, at which a large portion of those attending have stood to recite a prayer. (Paul Church/The Courier-Tribune)
Spectators stand and recite �The Lord�s Prayer� before the national anthem is sung during Friday night�s football game at Randleman High School. The school has been in the center of a controversy since Tommy McDonald�s decision to offer a prayer over the public address system at the first football game of the season on Aug. 23. McDonald chairs the Randolph County Board of Education and has announced games at RHS for years. On Sept. 6, the school system received a letter from the American Civil Liberties Union. Chris Brook, ACLU legal director for the Raleigh office, said his organization has received �multiple calls� complaining about the prayer and its violation of the Constitution. McDonald has since asked the audience to join him in a moment of silence, at which a large portion of those attending have stood to recite a prayer. (Paul Church/The Courier-Tribune)