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Nebraska School Activities Association instructing private Christian schools not to begin sports events with prayer. Warns of penalties for those who do not comply.

bq.. (AgapePress) – Events sponsored by the Nebraska School Activities Association (NSAA) should not begin with prayer—even if they take place at private Christian schools. That’s what the Association is telling Nebraska schools.

NSAA executive director Jim Tenopir says he received complaints about prayers that were read over public address systems before a football playoff game and a basketball game. He says if a public prayer takes place at a state-sponsored event, the offending school could lose its host privileges.

But officials at some Lutheran and Catholic schools across Nebraska say they will not comply with the ban on prayers before activities. Paul Leckband is principal of Lutheran High Northeast in Norfolk.

“It’s a disturbing decision and one that I think is an infringement upon the rights of religious schools to their religious expression,” Leckband says.

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