Across America, high school football seasons are wrapping up the first year since the Supreme Court ruled it was OK for a public school coach to pray on the field. Outside Detroit, coaches have found ways for their diverse rosters to pray if they wish.
In Michigan, some teams with multiple religions represented on their rosters have found ways for everyone who wants to participate to do so if they wish.
“Between those two prayers, they’re pretty much all the same,” said Adam Berry, a senior and a team captain. “Asking God for protection, asking God for forgiveness, and asking God for any way to help us through our game.”According to a poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research,
“No one can ever say that we were involved in it,” Zaban said, adding he just wants to coach instead of drawing attention. In the South, at least three high schools, two in Alabama and another in North Carolina, received letters in recent months from the Freedom From Religion Foundation. The nonprofit that advocates for atheists and agnostics said it fielded complaints about the promotion of religion surrounding football games. Jefferson County officials were asked to “ensure that its schools are no longer scheduling prayer at school-sponsored events, including football games.
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