Virginia mom who faced pushback for 'The Lord's Prayer' at school board meeting speaks up: 'Had no fear'
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Dacia Smith, a Virginia parent, began an almost instantaneous reciting of "The Lord's Prayer" at a recent Suffolk County School Board meeting — and spoke to Fox News about what happened.
Smith told Fox News, "The spirit in me just said, ‘Oh, no, I will not be squashed out.’ And I thought, ‘OK, then give me the words.’ And I got on my feet and out came 'The Lord's Prayer,'" she said. "Parents, not government, are in the best position to work with their children on important life decisions, and no parent signs up to co-parent with the government." "That's not what you signed up to do, ma'am." Smith said it was a moment in which her faith was truly tested, of whether to acquiesce to a secular world view that sees faith as private, or her understanding that her faith controls all aspects of life. The conflict over the praying has now entered a legal phase. Lauren Green currently serves as Fox News Channel's (FNC) chief religion correspondent based in the New York bureau. She joined FNC in 1996. Her new book is "Lighthouse Faith: God as a Living Reality in a World Immersed in Fog." She is host of Fox News Digital's "Spirited Debate."
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