Claim: Says a federal judge in San Antonio "issued a ruling that … not only could the students not pray at their graduation, if they used the word 'benediction,' the word 'invocation,' the word 'God,' asked the audience to stand or asked for a moment of silence, he would put the superintendent in jail."
Fact-check: Newt Gingrich says judge said he'd jail Texas superintendent if orders on graduation prayer violated
Verdict: half-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Meghan Ashford-Grooms
Date published: 2012-02-12T00:00:00