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Victory for Prayer in Lone Star State

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    Appeals court lifts ban on prayer at Texas high school graduation

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Plus investment -- many places throughout the country there's a huge victory for a Texas high school valedictorian.

Winning the right to -- her classmates friends and family in prayer at her graduation.

Earlier this week a judge forbid it after the family of an agnostic student -- but Angela Hilton brand fought back and -- Here's for you do see now with the update Peter what happened out there.

Well it's -- -- big reversal but Kelly this valedictorian tonight just wants to talk about the past and how far her classmates have come.

And how bright their futures look today and she also wants to pray for her classmates in her remarks.

And very recently the fifth US Circuit Court of Appeals has said that that is going to be okay.

I suspect a really great blessing to know that the court has made the best decision and that I'm gonna be able to pray this evening as analysts.

Building brand was basically gonna be censored from saying what she wanted to because an agnostic bandwidth you said in the same school district.

Christie about Christa and Danny -- sued to stop her and they initially one which the valedictorian says was upsetting for awhile.

So frustrating and disappointing to know that.

A judge decided that they could rule and tell me what I could or could not say in my own about it -- -- Jackson's of those really just disappointing to me.

That all the values and rights and I've learned about in school were not being upheld.

And the family who had filed suit had said that if there was going to be prayer their kid might not show up -- one group supporting them Americans united.

For separation of church and state now says quote students should be able to attend their graduation ceremonies about being pressured to participate in warship.

All children should feel welcome at this important event in their lives regardless of their opinions about religion but.

Governor Rick Perry.

Republican senator John Cornyn and Texas attorney general Greg Abbott were all on the side of the valedictorian and again Kelly -- controversial speech is set to take place just few hours from right now later this evening in period it's really something that.

Prayer would be considered controversial speech she's doing something that -- draft should be very good for her community soldiers while she had made clear how important it was to her in the school -- -- initially have a problem with it but there's agnostic -- said.

And they made very clear and they felt strongly enough about that they want to sue.

That five praying in a public place their beliefs were not being represented and -- did not think that that was fair.

-- Peter -- thank you for your report.

Yeah.

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