HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) – With Election Day just five days away, Alabama voters are weighing a proposed constitutional amendment involving prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools.
Amendment 3 would require local school boards to adopt policies addressing the daily Pledge of Allegiance and voluntary, student-initiated and student-led prayer. Students would retain the right to opt out.
State law already addresses the Pledge of Allegiance, and students already have the right to pray in public schools. The amendment would place school board policy requirements into the Alabama Constitution…