California: No invocations for HUSD school board for nowHesperia Star: “The Hesperia Unified School District won’t be opening school board meetings with a prayer in the immediate future . . . In July, the conservative Christian non-profit Alliance Defend Fund sent the district a legal opinion on the legality of government agencies holding invocations and included their template for an invocation process that would pass legal muster . . . The ACLU warned the district would face ‘a strong likelihood of being sued’ if it went ahead with the ADF’s proposed invocation policy, with potential plaintiff’s attorney fees in the hundreds of thousands of dollars if the district lost. On Monday night, the HUSD school board was scheduled to vote on the invocation policy — and blinked.” Related: ACLU warns of possible legal action if HUSD opens meetings with prayer
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