Poteet valedictorian takes a courageous stand

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Apparently, Poteet thinks the schools are Christian churches.

A Texas high school will not be including a convocation prayer in its graduation ceremony this year, breaking with a 100-year tradition as old as the school itself. Mark Reyes, the valedictorian at Poteet High School in Poteet, Texas, has asked that the school observe the separation of church and state and not include a prayer in the ceremony.

Reyes contacted the organization Americans United for Separation of Church and State, who sent the school a letter asking that they observe the honor student’s request. The school’s decision to comply has kicked off an uproar.

Typically, the graduation ceremony opens with an convocation and closes with a benediction. “I know it’s the tradition,” said Reyes in an interview with KABB-TV about the flap, “But tradition isn’t aways right.”