District Court, S.D. Indiana May 4, 1995, IP 95-492 C B/S (Tanford v. Brand)

BARKER, Chief Judge.

Today we must answer a question explicitly left open by the Supreme Court in

Lee v. Weisman,

— U.S.-, 112 S.Ct. 2649, 120 L.Ed.2d 467 (1992) — namely, whether a member of the clergy may offer prayers as part of a public university’s graduation ceremony consistent with the Establishment Clause of the United States Constitution.