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Home / Illinois Attorney General follows Texas Attorney General, Defends “Moment of Silence”Illinois Attorney General follows Texas Attorney General, Defends “Moment of Silence”
Last Updated on Monday, 9 March 2009 10:40 Written by rslcpol Monday, 9 March 2009 10:40
We told you about Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott’s office defending “moment of silence” in February.
From Legal and Courts:
In the initial negative ruling, the judge struck down the Moment of Silence law, saying it promoted religion — although the law calls for meditation and general reflection. Laurie Higgins, the director of the division of school advocacy at the Illinois Family Institute, disagrees with the judge’s verdict.
“And so he made this case, which I think was silly, was that if their silent thoughts were about a professional sporting event or a family vacation — and these are his words — it would appear to violate the stated intent of the statute,” she notes.