Jindal declares prayer ban for school boards absurd
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MANY — U.S. Rep. Bobby Jindal talked about prayer and pop culture Wednesday during a gubernatorial campaign swing through Sabine Parish.
In his prepared remarks to supporters, Jindal, R-Kenner, did not dwell on the political furor over a Louisiana Democratic Party commercial that contends he doubts the beliefs of Protestants.
Jindal focused instead on the federal courts’ restriction of religion, saying he finds it absurd that prayer at School Board meetings is restricted.
“I’m not worried about them (children) being exposed to prayer. I’m worried about them being exposed to Paris Hilton,” Jindal told supporters at the Sabine Shrine Club in Many.
Later, Jindal said federal judges are misinterpreting the U.S. Constitution when they rule against prayer at School Board meetings and in the classroom.
Those decisions point to a lack of understanding about the Founding Fathers’ views on prayer in public forums, he said.
He said he is philosophically in favor of prayer in the classroom.
Jindal refused to say if he would push for prayer in school and other public settings if elected governor in the Oct. 20 primary or the November runoff.
Through actions and policies, a governor can support public expression of prayer, he said.
He said he is a big supporter of character-building education plans and government-backed abstinence programs.
Jindal made stops in Shreveport, Many, Leesville and Lake Charles Wednesday as part of his statewide bus tour. He is scheduled to be in Denham Springs, Central and Clinton today.
His swing through north Louisiana coincided with a state Democratic Party commercial that contends Jindal once wrote that Protestants are depraved.
The commercial is running only in north Louisiana, a heavily Protestant part of the state.
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