{"id":1793,"date":"2011-06-05T05:52:34","date_gmt":"2011-06-05T09:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/on_the_front_lines_of_the_culture_wars\/?p=1793"},"modified":"2011-06-05T05:54:40","modified_gmt":"2011-06-05T09:54:40","slug":"angela-prays-crowd-cheers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/on_the_front_lines_of_the_culture_wars\/2011\/06\/angela-prays-crowd-cheers.html","title":{"rendered":"Angela prays, crowd cheers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There wasn&#8217;t an empty seat or a dry eye\u00a0in Medina Valley High School&#8217;s football stadium Saturday night as valedictorian Angela Hildenbrand humbly raised her eyes to heaven and thanked God.<\/p>\n<p>She had\u00a0been barred\u00a0from doing so by a federal judge.<\/p>\n<p>However, late Friday evening, three judges of\u00a0the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned that ruling and Hildenbrand was allowed to pray, which she did twice throughout the evening.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Whether you would like to join me or not, feel free to do as you see best,&#8221; Hildenbrand said shortly before she lifted her voice to the Almighty, &#8220;God, I thank you for the support of the entire community through this.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Security was heightened in preparation for large crowds, but the evening finished without incident.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/on_the_front_lines_of_the_culture_wars\/2011\/06\/texas-valedictorian-says-she-will-pray-and-is-willing-to-go-to-jail.html\"><strong>CLICK HERE to read\u00a0of Angela&#8217;s\u00a0willingness to go to jail rather than\u00a0submit.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>To read about the appeals court&#8217;s ruling allowing her prayer, CLICK HERE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There wasn&#8217;t an empty seat or a dry eye\u00a0in Medina Valley High School&#8217;s football stadium Saturday night as valedictorian Angela Hildenbrand humbly raised her eyes to heaven and thanked God. 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