School Prayer: A Community at War
Profile of a Mississippi mother of six who sues her school district to remove prayer and religious instruction from public schools.
Awards & Recognition
Winner
2001 News and Documentary Emmy Awards - Best Coverage of a Continuing News Story
The battle cry on both sides is religious freedom when a Mississippi mother protests mandatory prayer in her children's public school. While most of Pontotoc County rallies to preserve a cornerstone of their faith, Lisa Herdahl is a lone voice calling for the separation of church and state. Raising complex questions about tolerance and tradition, School Prayer chronicles a clash of principles in which the Constitutional right of an individual collides with the fundamental beliefs of the majority.