UTC Halts Prayer Before Games
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Channel: WTVC NewsChannel 9 · 2012 · News & Politics
by Alyssa Spirato When you go to UTC football games, you may notice something different. Opening prayers are being replaced after a scathing letter from the Freedom From Religion Foundation.Starting this week, before the national anthem at every football game, a moment of silence will be held instead of prayer."During that moment of silence, we will say on the public address system, that we hope that you will remember the safety of the players, the safety of the fans, and to remember those who protect us in the armed forces," says UTC Chancellor, Roger Brown.The topic hasn't been without controversy for some time. The Freedom from Religion foundation sent a letter to UTC last month, demanding prayers be stopped."some people were made uncomfortable because these prayers were explicitly Christian prayers. So what we said was, we want everyone who comes here to be welcome," says Brown.The news is getting some mixed reaction from students around U-T-C."I don't think a moment of silence would be the same. I just think praying would be a lot more efficient, I guess would be the word," says student Cassie Grimes." I mean, a moment of silence, that's fine. I know theres a lot of diversity now and everything is politically correct, but it's just kind of sad to see the greatness our forefathers saw is kind of disappearing," says student Joseph Guinn.
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