How to Pray at Graduation: Very Carefully.

Sendor, Benjamin

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ERIC Number: EJ368851

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1988

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How to Pray at Graduation: Very Carefully.

Sendor, Benjamin

American School Board Journal, v175 n3 p28,68 Mar 1988

Two recent appeals court decisions that overturned invocation prayers at graduation are discussed. Because of difficult legal issues involved, graduation prayers, if used, should be carefully worded to avoid sectarian references. (TE)

Descriptors: Commencement Ceremonies, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Graduation, Legal Problems, Legal Responsibility, Religion, State Church Separation

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Legal/Legislative/Regulatory Materials

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Audience: Policymakers

Language: English

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