Democratic Rep. Presents Bill to Repeal Law Allowing Recitation of Lord’s Prayer in New Hampshire Schools

CHRISTIAN NEWS NETWORK/ Heather Clark

 A Democratic member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives has filed a bill that would repeal a 40-year-old state law that allows for the recitation of The Lord’s Prayer in public elementary schools.

Rep. Amanda Bouldin, who represents the Manchester area, recently filed House Bill 289, with eight co-sponsors—all Democratic.

It repeals the 1975 statute Section 194:15-a, which is stated to be dormant in that no schools in the state are currently known to engage in the practice of reciting The Lord’s Prayer in class. Continue reading…