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Florida School Prayer Case Heads Back To Lower Court.


In a victory for church-state separation, the U.S. Supreme Court has ordered a federal appeals court to reconsider re·con·sid·er  
v. re·con·sid·ered, re·con·sid·er·ing, re·con·sid·ers

v.tr.
1. To consider again, especially with intent to alter or modify a previous decision.

2.
 a decision that permitted public school students in Florida to elect a classmate to deliver a prayer at graduation Graduation is the action of receiving or conferring an academic degree or the associated ceremony. The date of event is often called degree day. The event itself is also called commencement, convocation or invocation.  ceremonies.

The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals had ruled 10-2 on March 15 that a school prayer policy approved by the Duval County Duval County may mean:
  • Duval County, Florida
  • Duval County, Texas
, Fla., School Board was constitutional. The policy allowed students to elect a representative from the graduating class to deliver a two-minute "message." The "message" could include prayers and other religious references.

On Oct. 2, however, the Supreme Court set aside the Adler Ad·ler , Alfred 1870-1937.

Austrian psychiatrist. He rejected Sigmund Freud's emphasis on sexuality and theorized that neurotic behavior is an overcompensation for feelings of inferiority.
 v. Duval County School Board ruling and ordered the lower court to review it in light of the high court's recent decision barring student-led prayer before school football games in Texas.
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Date:Nov 1, 2000
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