WATCH: Blount County football fans join together in prayer before game

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September 22, 2018

After it was announced earlier this week that Blount County Schools would no longer allow student or volunteer-led prayer over the intercom before games, fans were worried that their prayer would be silenced.

However, if Friday’s Locust Fork High School game was any indication, prayer in Blount County will continue.

In a video posted on Twitter, the crowd of students and fans can be seen banding together to use the designated pregame moment of silence to fill the stands with the Lord’s Prayer.

Watch:

Blount County students and football fans stand and say the Lord’s Prayer out loud before tonight’s game. This action after the district stopped allowing led prayer over the intercom before high school games because of a complaint. Listen- @WVTM13 pic.twitter.com/5NppbaHzjx

— Brittany Decker (@BrittanyWVTM13) September 22, 2018

NBC 13 reported many in the stands were also wearing “We Believe” T-shirts provided by local churches before the game.

Fans, cheerleaders, even the hornet mascot at Locust Fork High School wearing shirts that read “We Believe” with Lord’s Prayer on the back. @WVTM13 pic.twitter.com/gHSn5mlS8q

— Brittany Decker (@BrittanyWVTM13) September 22, 2018

Sean Ross is a staff writer for Yellowhammer News. You can follow him on Twitter @sean_yhn

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