SENT TONIGHT. Copied to all SB members. I will not get a response. In 6 months, I've had no substantive responses.
Ms Waters,
At September's meeting (when you suggested I bring alternative prayers to the public forum), you said you could not find the FFRF webpage about School Board prayer. Here it that link: http://ffrf.org/faq/state-church/item/21715-school-board-prayer.
I might also remind your that the school boards are not included in the Galloway v Greece decision. That decision OK'd only legislative council prayer, in part because "a minister or layperson of any persuasion, including an atheist, could give the invocation". The ECSB doesn't practice that last part.
If the board needs a higher authority, I suggest Matthew 6:5-6: "And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly."
I still await your answer to when the meeting actually starts (before or after the Call to Order). It's a very simple question.
Likewise, I await a written policy that does not allow religious censorship, as your current discretionary procedures do.
Best Regards,
David Suhor
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