Appeals Court Reverses FHSAA Ban on Game-Day Prayer

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After a lower court backed the Florida High School Athletic Association decision to ban two Christian schools from saying prayers over a loudspeaker before a Division 2A state championship game at the Citrus Bowl, the Eleventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed that decision, thus allowing such prayers.

As reported by One News Now, the controversy dates back to the 2015 Florida state football championship game between University Christian School and Cambridge Christian School at the Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Fla. "[The Citrus Bowl Stadium] is a public facility — predominantly paid for with public tax dollars — [making] the facility 'off limits' under federal guidelines and precedent court cases," then FHSAA executive director Roger Dearing told the teams at the time. "In Florida Statutes, the FHSAA is legally a 'State Actor' – we cannot legally permit or grant permission for such an activity."

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