Friday, November 15, 2013

You Can’t Pray That Here!


November 15, 2013 by  


Another Federal court has taken a whack at another 200-year-old tradition in this country. This time, it’s opening public meetings with a prayer. An appeals court has ruled that the practice somehow violates the U.S. Constitution.
Now the issue is in front of the Supreme Court. Let’s pray that a majority of the justices get it right. Here is what is going on.
Like many communities in America, the town of Greece, N.Y., opens its monthly board meetings with a prayer. Although a variety of local religious leaders have delivered the prayers, most of them were given by Christians. This shouldn’t be surprising, since most of the religious institutions in this Rochester suburb — as in most of the country — are Christian.
But this was too much for two women in the town. Susan Galloway and Linda Stephens protested that the prayers constituted a government endorsement of religion. They sued the town to have them stopped.

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http://personalliberty.com/2013/11/15/you-cant-pray-that-here/

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