“I understand that the school board has to cover their butt.”
Marie Backlund, Resident of Westmoreland, Tennessee
Four football coaches at Westmoreland Middle School in Westmoreland, Tennessee (population 2,236) got in hot water recently for something they did with the players after the game: they bowed their heads in prayer. School officials caught wind of it and called the coaches on the carpet. The coaches weren’t formally disciplined, says the school board, but they were told that if they do it again their coaching days will be over. Board members say they were simply following the new rules, enacted in June after the American Civil Liberties Union sued a nearby school district for “promoting Christianity.” When townspeople heard about the brouhaha, they called the school to complain and packed the stands at the next game to show their support. Before the game, the crowd recited the Lord’s Prayer, and after the game everyone gathered on the field to pray. Everyone, that is, except the coaches.
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