Texas Schools' Moment of Silence Upheld after Carrollton Couple's Challenge

January 5, 2008

Author: STEPHANIE SANDOVAL

Source: The Dallas Morning News

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/religion/stories/DN-silence_05met.ART0.North.Edition1.37cc71f.html

A Carrollton couple's court challenge to Texas' requirement that schoolchildren observe a minute of silence has failed.

David and Shannon Croft had sued Gov. Rick Perry and the Carrollton-Farmers Branch school district, alleging that the law was unconstitutional and amounted to required prayer.

But U.S. District Judge Barbara M.G. Lynn in Dallas upheld the statute this week.