June 20, 2000,
NEW YORK CITY – The National Council of Churches today released the following
statement welcoming the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling reaffirming its earlier decisions
against officially sponsored prayer in public schools.
The statement
follows:
“In its decision yesterday, the Supreme
Court upheld the principle, which we support, that it is not the business of government to
sponsor and promote religious exercises in public schools.
We support the right of students to pray individually or in groups, but in
this instance the Court wisely recognized that participation in these prayers might not be
voluntary for all students. We commend the
Court for this decision.”
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