Coaches shouldn’t be leading high-schoolers in prayer

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Opinion

November 20, 2019 - 10:45 AM

Prayer is a good thing. It shadowed America’s Founders and still today underpins the very American tradition of Thanksgiving.

Moreover, character education should be a part of every youth athletic program in the country.

But prayer cannot be government-led — not even the most devout should want that — and there are myriad other ways to instill character in our young in public settings.

This is both the lesson and the solution to a suddenly roiling controversy over coaches having led their football players in prayer this past season at Cameron High School, about 50 miles northeast of Kansas City.

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