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Article: Americans United opposes amended Texas 'moment of silence' statute.(PEOPLE & EVENTS)(Americans United for Separation of Church and State )
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- July 1, 2008
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Americans United for Separation of Church and State joined the American Civil Liberties Union and its Texas affiliate last month in urging a federal appeals court to rule against a religiously motivated 2003 amendment to Texas' "moment-of-silence" statute.
The amendment added "pray" to the statute's list of activities for students during the moment of silence. AU and the ACLU contend that legislators stepped over the line when they made that change.
"Students were already allowed to pray, meditate or reflect under the statute before it was amended," said Americans United Executive Director Barry W. Lynn. "The addition of the word 'pray' where it wasn't ...