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A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by the Oklahoma State Department of Education aimed at stopping a prominent atheist legal organization from pressuring a public school district to halt its voluntary prayer practice.

U.S. District Judge John F. Heil for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, a Trump appointee, issued an opinion and order on Wednesday dismissing the lawsuit against the Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation.

"Plaintiffs have not alleged that they have suffered some actual or threatened injury. Plaintiffs' generalized statement of injury is nothing more than conjecture," wrote Heil.

"Plaintiffs have failed to show an injury in fact. Accordingly, Plaintiffs lack standing and this Court lacks jurisdiction. As this issue is dispositive as to Plaintif

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