At Millikan, prayer has a place

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Win or lose, there will be a post-game prayer offered up by Long Beach Millikan players and coaches after their Moore League game tonight at Long Beach Cabrillo.

‘I let people know that it’s something that we do,’ Coach Kirk Diego said.

No separation of church and state here, and, personally, I think it’s an admirable stance in this case.

Sports teams circling up for prayers isn’t necessarily unheard of in public schools, but it is often done under wraps, quietly and in the relative privacy of the locker room.

It is rare to see it done on the field, and uncommon for a coach to be openly calling it what it actually is, in a non-parochial setting, at least.

I find it refreshing.

Participation is voluntary, with players, parents, coaches or anyone else in the vicinity free to walk away for the duration of the prayer, so in my view, it’s harmless.

And who’s to say it’s not helpful.

‘My faith guides a lot of what I do,’ Diego said.

-- Lauren Peterson

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