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Yesterday, First Liberty filed an appeal with the U.S. Court of
Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on behalf of our client Cambridge
Christian School. The Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA)
prohibited students from praying over the loudspeaker prior to their
state championship football game.

We are asking the court to reverse a federal district court decision
that allowed the FHSAA to enact this "Prayer Ban."

Cambridge Christian School was censored simply because their prayer
would have taken place over the loudspeaker at the Citrus Bowl. The
state agency claimed that because the stadium is city-owned, it would
violate the Establishment Clause of the Constitution to allow two
private Christian schools to pray over the public address system for
less than a minute.

Instead of respecting these students' First Amendment rights for
religious expression, the FHSAA went out of their way to shut down
this protected free speech.

Censorship like this is a blatant violation of our constitutional
rights. Further, the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment gives
American citizens the freedom to express religious speech-even
on government property.

If censoring school prayer sounds familiar, we don't have to
look far into the past to remember that First Liberty has already
fought and won at the U.S. Supreme Court for similar religious
expression.

In June, the Supreme Court reaffirmed the right to religious
expression on government property, including Coach Kennedy's
prayer at the 50-yard line. The justices have made it abundantly clear
in this case and several others that the Establishment Clause is a
complement to the free exercise of religion, not a restriction of it.

Together, we can fight the imminent threat of censorship on people of
faith.

Your gift today keeps First Liberty on the frontlines of this fight so
we can continue to protect clients just like Cambridge Christian
School from brazen government overreach.
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