Prayer in Oklahoma H.S. Football Games
- Artist/Author/Producer: The High Schools of Oklahoma
- Confronting Bodies: OK State Board of Education, spec.
Sandy Garrett, State Superintendent
- Dates of action:
1993-Present
- Location: Oklahoma
- Description of the Art Work
- Public Student-led Prayer
- Description of incident
- Sandy Garrett, state superintendent of Education of Oklahoma sent a
letter to Public School Administators prohibiting prayer at sporting
events, and High School graduations.
- Results of incident
- Christian students protested the ban at many schools. One incident
occurred where a prayer was led over a loudspeaker without the school's
authorization. Other schools' administrations have chose to ignore the
ban on prayer.
Source: Jim Markbury (Newcastle, OK)
record no : s24
