The
Rutherford Institute reports (excerpt):
The U.S.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit will hear arguments on Wednesday, Oct.
3, 2007, regarding the right of the high school football coach to silently bow
his head and bend his knee while members of the football team engage in the
time-honored practice of student-initiated pre-game prayer. A federal court
ruled in July 2006 that officials at East Brunswick School District in New
Jersey violated Coach Borden's constitutional rights when they forbade him from
bowing his head or "taking a knee" during pre-game student prayers.
However, the school district appealed the decision with the assistance of
Americans United for Separation of Church and State.