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Angela prays, crowd cheers
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There wasn’t an empty seat or a dry eye in Medina Valley High School’s football stadium Saturday night as valedictorian Angela Hildenbrand humbly raised her eyes to heaven and thanked God. She had been barred from doing so by a federal judge. However, late Friday evening, three judges of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned that ruling and…
Astonishing last-minute victory for Angela!
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Three federal judges have reversed a ban that would have blocked Angela Hildenbrand from thanking Jesus as her Lord and Savior during her graduation ceremonies in Texas. The school’s valedictorian had asked the appeals court to block a judge’s ruling that she could not utter such words as “God,” “prayer” or “Amen” during her address to fellow graduates,…
There’s no Constitutional protection against being offended!
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The U.S. Constitution does not forbid the President from declaring a National Day of Prayer. That’s the ruling of the 7th U.S. Court of Appeals, located in Chicago, overturning a lower court’s ruling that found the event unconstitutional. Furthermore, the court seemed to rule that there is no constitutional protection against being offended by a public event.…
Hawaiian legislators pray in spite of new ban
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Nine Hawaiian lawmakers recently gathered on the floor of their state senate, bowed their heads and continued an American tradition older than our nation itself. They prayed. “Nine senators gathered near the Hawaiian flag on the senate floor, joined hands and bowed their heads,” reported Tim Sakahara of Hawaii News Now. “Senator Will Espero…
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