Letter: School Board denies student-led prayer

Letter: School Board denies student-led prayer

William M. Korach
St Augustine, FL

Dear Editor:

The St Johns County School Board is going to hide behind the recommendation of their Attorney, Frank Upchurch, and deny students their First Amendment right to pray.

What great threat has caused the School Board to quake and quiver with fear?

Apparently “Freedom from Religion”, an out-of-town atheist organization has threatened the St Johns County Schools with a lawsuit.

However, Liberty Counsel has offered the School Board a pro bono defense against any lawsuit that would seek to deny students their first amendment rights. And what if St Johns County Schools lost? The answer is St Johns County schools should mount an appeal.

Should St Johns County really worry about 30 pieces of silver when our First Amendment Rights are at stake? What sort of example does this teach our kids? They will learn that when adversity comes, one should just cave in.

I offer a word of advice from Patrick Henry about the purchase of peace: “Gentlemen may cry, Peace! Peace! — but there is no peace. The war is actually begun.”