Community members in a Virginia county began praying the Lord’s Prayer together in unison during a school board meeting in August when a board member asked a woman not to pray publicly at the meeting.
During the Aug. 10 meeting of Suffolk Public Schools, a woman named Angela Kilgore tried to use her speaking time during the open comments section to pray for the public schools.
She invited others in attendance to pray with her and apologized if anyone objected to the prayer, but Suffolk Board Chairman Tyron Riddick stopped her, saying, “I apologize, we can’t do that,” Faithwire reports.
“I’d like to pray for our students in our school,” she said, with Riddick telling her to return to her intended topic.
“That’s not what you signed up to do, ma’am,” he said.
“That is my topic, sir,” she responded, but Riddick again told her that public prayer was not allowed.
“To pray for our schools is not permitted?” she asked.
“I believe that man should always pray,”…
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