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After Liberty Counsel intervened, graduation ceremonies at Hampton High School and two other schools in the same district included prayer in the graduation ceremonies without incident. At Hampton High, the class president gave a prayer before a packed-to-capacity crowd that concluded the prayer with a standing ovation.

Originally, Principal Dale Campbell said that any students who pray or even attempt to pray would be stopped, escorted from the building by police, and arrested. The Hampton High School class president, who expressed her desire to acknowledge God in prayer at her graduation, received support from Liberty Counsel, which sent a letter to the school board demanding that it protect her and other students’ free speech. The board then overrode the principal.

It is shocking that the principal threatened students with arrest if they prayed. The school board did the right thing in overriding the principal and honoring the free speech rights of students. 

Read our News Release for more details.

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From the hallway to the classroom, from personal notes to final exam reports, from praying around the flagpole to praying before lunch, from wearing a cross to carrying a Bible, or from an after-school Bible study club to a graduation speech, students have the right to express their faith at school.

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