CRANSTON, R.I. -- She is 16, the daughter of a firefighter and a nurse, a self-proclaimed nerd who loves Harry Potter and Facebook. But Jessica Ahlquist is also an outspoken atheist who has incensed this heavily Roman Catholic city with a successful lawsuit to get a prayer removed from the wall of her high school auditorium, where it has hung for 49 years.
MORE: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/27/us/rhode-island-city-enraged-over-school-prayer-lawsuit.html?_r=1
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Atheist Student Harassed by Groups of Christians
http://theminaretonline.com/2012/01/25/article20757
Teen atheist stops attending school, considers transfer
http://630wpro.com/Article.asp?id=2381209&spid=37719
Faith leaders urge kindness, compassion toward Ahlquist
http://www.cranstononline.com/stories/Faith-leaders-urge-kindness-compassion-toward-Ahlquist,67071
School comm. refuses prayer banner debate, arguments erupt
http://www.630wpro.com/article.asp?id=2380826&spid=37719
Religious leaders in show of support for Jessica Ahlquist
http://630wpro.com/article.asp?id=2379699
Atheist teen still getting threats over campaign to remove prayer banner while vowing she will not leave school
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2093136/Atheist-teen-getting-threats-campaign-remove-prayer-banner-vowing-leave-school.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
What's your view on school prayer in Rhode Island school?
http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/27/10249624-whats-your-view-on-school-prayer-in-rhode-island-school
