They claimed their daughter’s eighth grade graduation ceremony was unfair because a rabbi prayed during the program. They felt offended because they were not Jewish. Consequently, this situation was taken to court. This particular trial travelled all the way to the Supreme Court and became know as Lee versus Weisman. In the end, however, Nathan Bishop Middle School won when they claimed that prayer at these type ceremonies are important to most people, and that the Weisman’s did not have to participate in prayer if they chose not to do so (Lee v Weisman,
They claimed their daughter’s eighth grade graduation ceremony was unfair because a rabbi prayed during the program. They felt offended because they were not Jewish. Consequently, this situation was taken to court. This particular trial travelled all the way to the Supreme Court and became know as Lee versus Weisman. In the end, however, Nathan Bishop Middle School won when they claimed that prayer at these type ceremonies are important to most people, and that the Weisman’s did not have to participate in prayer if they chose not to do so (Lee v Weisman,