School officials in Lake City, Ark., have come up with a novel solution to the fight over prayer at graduation: No prayer, no graduation. On May 6, the school board voted to cancel sixth-grade ...

In an apparent violation of a 1992 Supreme Court ruling, a Citrus County public school this week closed its graduation ceremony with a prayer by a local youth minister. During commencement exercises ...

Each May, graduation ceremonies are an exciting opportunity to celebrate the hard work of your friends, family and fellow students, and some people may feel moved to honor the occasion with a prayer.

A panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturns a ruling that would have allowed prayers at Duval County graduations. The Duval County School System's policy allowing prayers during ...

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott chose the right venue for the stand he took last week on whether a prayer could be led at the Medina Valley High School graduation. He held his news conference at ...

A Spring Hill middle school is receiving pushback after a school official was found mixing religious prayer into official school ceremonies — the second such time the official was recorded doing so.

CARBONDALE, Ill. -- The new Southern Illinois University chancellor's decision to add a brief prayer during fall graduation ceremonies prompted about two dozen calls of protest, and he plans to form a ...

The Supreme Court has rejected a constitutional challenge to Indiana University’s custom of having a clergy member offer prayers as part of its official commencement ceremony. The justices, without ...

Protest and prayer punctuated graduation day at the University of Texas at Arlington. About 150 Muslims gathered on blue tarps near the school library in afternoon prayer May 10, remembering those in ...

PEORIA, Ill., May 17 -- A federal judge has barred student-led prayer at a suburban high school graduation Sunday, marking the first time in the school's 80-year history that a prayer will not be ...

SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - The valedictorian of a high school in a San Antonio suburb where a judge has banned formal prayers at graduation ceremonies on Saturday is fighting for an opportunity to lead ...