Students, teachers and local pastors are protesting over a court case involving a northern Florida school principal and an athletic director who are facing criminal charges and up to six months in jail over their offer of a mealtime prayer."/><meta name="Author" content="Julia Duin (Contact)"/><link rel="canonical" href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/aug/14/criminal-prayer-case-stirs-protests/?feat=home_headlines" /><link href="http://media.washingtontimes.com/media/img/twtFavicon.ico" rel="shortcut icon" type="image/x-icon"/><link href="http://media.washingtontimes.com/media/img/twtFavicon.jpg" rel="icon" type="image/png"/><link href="http://media.washingtontimes.com/media/css/base.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /><!--[if lte IE 7]><link rel="stylesheet" href="http://media.washingtontimes.com/media/css/lib/ie.css" type="text/css" media="screen" charset="utf-8"><![endif]--><link href="http://media.washingtontimes.com/media/css/story.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /><link href="http://media.washingtontimes.com/media/css/comments.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /><link href="http://media.washingtontimes.com/media/css/thickbox.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /><link href="http://media.washingtontimes.com/media/css/jquery.rating.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/><link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="The Washington Times: Latest Headlines" href="/rss/headlines/news/" /><script src="http://www.google.com/jsapi" type="text/javascript"></script><script type="text/javascript