Separation of Church and
State
Judge: Prayer at college events can continue
May 17, 2010 Filed in: Religion
Niyaz Pirani, The Orange County Register
A request that would have
barred religious invocations at Saddleback and Irvine Valley
colleges until a lawsuit on the matter could be heard has been
denied by a federal judge. The request stemmed from a lawsuit filed
in November by
Americans United for Separation of Church and State
against the South Orange
County Community College District. Judge R. Gary Klausner, a
federal judge in the Central District of California,
denied the request last week because the plaintiffs did not show
that "irreparable injury" would be caused if the invocations are
included as part of the program at college events…