2 Students Threatened to be Suspended for Praying

And it continues. Two California students are looking to sue their community college district after the school apparently threatened to suspend them for praying on campus. Supposedly the students were issued suspension notices….

Kandy Kyriacou and Ojoma Omaga said the College of Alameda accused them of “disruptive behavior” after they had prayed with an ailing teacher in a faculty office in December of 2007, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.

Although public colleges are prohibited from endorsing religion, U.S. District Judge Susan Illston ruled that the women can proceed with a lawsuit against Peralta Community College District.

Illston said college students have the right to pray in private outside the classroom, according to the Chronicle.

The lawsuit seeks an acknowledgment of that right and an apology, and wants all disciplinary action be rescinded, said one of the pair’s lawyers, Steven Wood.