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Parents Sued California After It Required Aztec Prayer in Public Schools: State Now Agrees to Settlement

State entities to publish public notice to all school districts about the changed policy; state to pay 100K in attorney fees

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Parents Sued California After It Required Aztec Prayer in Public Schools: State Now Agrees to Settlement
An Aztec dancer participates in a march in Los Angeles, on May 1, 2019. David McNew/Getty Images
Matthew Vadum
By Matthew Vadum
1/16/2022Updated: 1/17/2022

California education authorities have agreed to drop a policy encouraging public school students to pray to Aztec gods in response to a lawsuit filed months ago by angry parents.

Among Aztec religious practices were the cutting out of human hearts and the flaying of victims and the wearing of their skin.

Matthew Vadum
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