Prayers land college district in legal dispute
The article covers mostly familiar ground, but it does explain some of the history leading up to the lawsuit:
[Plaintiff Karla] Westphal, who has been a professor at Saddleback College since 2001, said the frequency of public prayers at school events began in 2004 when a trustee led a prayer at the beginning of a scholarship ceremony.Photo: OC Reg
Westphal wrote to trustees expressing her opposition to the public prayer.
A week later a prayer was said at the opening of commencement. She said she was so angry she can't remember what was said.
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It was in that year that Westphal got in touch with Americans United [For Separation of Church and State] and the American Civil Liberties Union.
"When the prayers initially started I hoped to get it settled without a lawsuit and that just didn't happen," Westphal said. "The suit is a culmination of a long process. I've been working with Americans United for a long time. They wrote letters to the board formally asking for the change. For me there wasn't any particular event. I've been ready for several years. It was a question of whether Americans United felt it was a good time to bring the case forward."
2 comments:
It's about time.
Wow, Don's really proud of himself! He found a book! And read part of it! And showed it to us!
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