Don't be a snitch.

Contact the Freedom From Religion Foundation. ffrf.org

If its student led there is nothing to do. If its not, you will have to be able to show that it isnt before anything can be done.

I find anti-religion zealots as annoying as religious zealots.

If you don't like what you see or hear look/walk away.

If you are placed in a position where you are forced/restrained it has moved into a criminal offense (kidnapping, false imprisonment, assault) and should be turned over to the police or states attorney for prosecution.

If you are not personally/physically harmed...... AND you press the issue, you are now the aggressor.

I agree with you but unfortunately linxminx is exactly correct here. You might see if the ACLU could help or the Freedom From Religion Foundation. It's worth a shot.

I see a number of people saying to contact the ACLU. You can try that if you want to, but don't be surprised if they either completely ignore you, or simply tell you there is nothing wrong here.

The event was a legal annual event, with voluntary participation. I don't see where the school promoted it, only posted a few pictures after the fact with a description so brief as to be almost meaningless.

I don't think al's problem is that the students had a prayer circle, I think his issue is it's promotion on the official school facebook page. The promotion is the issue.

I don't see anything illegal. The most you could make of it is that the official school facebook page "promoted" it, but it hardly seems a promotion. It looks like pictures after the fact with a pretty terse and boring description.

Contact them [thesatanictemple.com]

But in all honesty who cares it’s not mandatory, there is no one there, and it’s just an after school assembly. This has nothing to do with church and state. The Boy Scouts use schools all the time.

You do nothing about it. Schools can't mandate prayer or religion but students & organizers are free to peacefully assemble.

Contact your state chapter of the Freedom from Religion Foundation, Then the ACLU.

What's odd is it might be legal. Religious groups are permitted to have after school programs.

You could have a group of kids studying the bible after school and it would be legal.
As would a group promoting Wicca.

Unless the school board had laws against it.
And laws for and against religious assembly in school - during and after - probably still vary by State. And whether the school is public or private.

However without knowing when this occurred during the school day and if it was just a group of students who WANTED to participate - it gets into an area that's suspect fast.

FFRF should be able to help. [ffrf.org]

I remember when we had prayer in the classroom if a student wanted to lead it. No one was forced to participate. (Man that was uncomfortable).

I'd really like to see clear separation happen in my lifetime. Good luck!

You might try :
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See you at the pole is an annual, well known event at many schools, and as long as it isn't mandatory to participate, the courts won't stop it. From the looks of the photos, more kids didn't participate than did.

File a complaint with the ACLU.
You can also contact the Freedom From Religion Foundation.
They are on Facebook, and this is their website, [ffrf.org]

I am connected with Andrew L. Seidel on Facebook, as well.
[facebook.com]

First call the principal and inform him of the separation of church and state, if it is a public school they cannot promote religion, if they do not retract, contact the ACLU.