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To: greenspirit who wrote (59089)	10/14/1999 2:17:00 AM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 108807

"As far as you can see it's not" is irrelevant, thank goodness. I will attempt to enlighten you: 1. There is a separation of church and state. 2. That means several things, but in the case you mention, public high school football, it applies to what is called "state action." 3. The public high school football coach is an employee of the public high school. 4. The public high school is supported by taxpayer money. 5. The public high school is a subdivision of a city, county, or other local government body. 6. The public high school football coach is an employee of a city, county, or other local government body. 7. Acts committed by the public high school football coach are, by extension, acts of the city, county or other local government body, unless he/she acts without authority. 8. When the public high school football coach asks students to pray, he/she is acting on behalf of the city, county or other local government body, unless he/she is acting without authority. 9. It is a violation of the law of separation of church and state for the city, county or other local government bodies to ask students to pray. 10. For one thing, it is using taxpayer money to pay a government employee to ask students to pray. 11. For another thing, it is infringing on the rights of students who do not wish to pray, especially if the coach discriminates against students who do not wish to pray. 12. Above all, if the coach asks students to pray within the context of a specific religion, it is a violation of the rights of students not to be asked to support a specific religion. I can't make it any simpler than that.