Atheist group asks UTC to stop prayers before football games

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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - An atheist group has asked the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga to discontinue Christian prayers before football games.

UTC Associate Vice Chancellor Chuck Cantrell told the Chattanooga Times Free Press the university is reviewing a letter from the Freedom From Religion Foundation, which has also filed a lawsuit against the Hamilton County Commission over prayer.

The atheist organization sent a letter dated May 15 to Chancellor Roger Brown, asking the university to halt what group Co-President Laurie Gaylor described as "unlawful university sponsorship of Christian prayer."

The letter continued, quoting legal precedent and, eventually, the Bible.

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