Utah school board stops Mormon prayer (May 8, 2015)

The Alpine School District Board of Education, American Fork, Utah, no longer starts meetings with a Mormon prayer. Staff Attorney Andrew Seidel wrote to the district Jan. 13 to object to the illegal prayer. Courts have consistently ruled ā€œIt is beyond the scope of a public school board to schedule or conduct prayer as part of its scheduled meetings,ā€ Seidel said.

An attorney for the board responded May 8 that the board has discontinued prayers.

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