Morehouse Parish School Board

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Morehouse Parish School Board
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Morehouse Parish, Louisiana
Coordinates 32°45′26″N91°57′22″W / 32.7572°N 91.9561°W / 32.7572; -91.9561 (District office)
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Website www.mpsb.us

Morehouse Parish School Board is a school district headquartered in an unincorporated area of Morehouse Parish, Louisiana, United States, near the city of Bastrop, the parish seat.

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The district serves Morehouse Parish.

Bastrop High School prayer controversy

In 2011, graduating senior Damon Fowler objected to prayer at the Bastrop High School graduation exercises, claiming a looming violation of the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. [1] The ACLU of Louisiana asked the school not to include a prayer in the May 20 graduation. [1] At the Thursday night rehearsal for the graduation, senior Sarah Barlow included a prayer that explicitly mentioned Jesus, and during the graduation, student Laci Rae Mattice led people in the Lord's Prayer before a moment of silence. The school says that Mattice was told not to include a prayer. [1] Fowler stated that after his objections became public he was ostracized by other students. [2] In 2012, Fowler received the Humanist Pioneer Award from the American Humanist Association. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Southwell, Zack (May 21, 2011). "Prayer sparks controversy in Bastrop". The News-Star. Monroe, Louisiana. Archived from the original on May 25, 2011. Retrieved May 21, 2011.
  2. ↑ Lebo, Lauri. "Student Says He's Ostracized for Objecting to Graduation Prayer". Religion Dispatches. Retrieved May 20, 2011.
  3. ↑ "AHA Conference Recap: Outstanding Awardees, Informative Speakers, and Lots of Beads". The Humanist . June 20, 2012.
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