Harrison School board opts to open meetings with prayer

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(AP) – The Harrison School Board is one of two northern Arkansas school boards has opted to pray before meetings after receiving a letter of complaint from a foundation that monitors matters regarding church and state.The Freedom From Religion Foundation in Madison, Wisconsin, sent a letter to the Springdale board Dec. 29 and to the Harrison board March 6. The letter said public prayers before board meetings violated the U.S Constitution.The Harrison board unanimously decided at a meeting last week to open meetings with a prayer.

In making its decision, the board referred to a Jan. 17 seminar where Little Rock attorney Cody Kees said a school board has the right “to pray because the meeting is comprised of adults and does not make children susceptible to religious indoctrination.”

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