Humanist Society Puts a Stop to Basketball Coach Praying with Players

By Published on December 11, 2015

An Indiana basketball coach was asked to stop participating in a team prayer circle after school officials received an e-mail condemning the practice.

Scott Spahr was photographed standing at center court holding hands and bowing his head in prayer alongside the Morristown Elementary School girls’ basketball team and the opposing team from Waldron Elementary on Dec. 1. Principals from both schools received an e-mail from the American Humanist Association last Friday asserting Spahr’s presence was “a constitutional violation.” Spahr agreed to stop participating in the prayer circle after being notified of the complaints.

Spahr told ABC News that he was “dumbfounded” by the AHA’s reaction. He said his students invited him into the circle and that the AHA misinterpreted the incident.

“That’s always been a player-led prayer circle,” Spahr said.

Read the article “Humanist Society Puts a Stop to Basketball Coach Praying with Players” on abcnews.go.com.

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