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Religious minorities complaining about christian prayers done by government officials of course.
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_...looks_like_it_establishes_state_religion.html
While I'm sure some will be ecstatic about this ruling, (because hey if our founding fathers grew up with state sponsored religion why shouldn't we?), I really found the following statement by the court to be really interesting:
“Christian concepts typically consisted of the closing line, such as ‘In Jesus’ name. Amen,’ ” the court finds that “these are not really Christian prayers.”
Hmm an institution of the government declaring what is and isn't a Christian prayer.
Could be some really interesting ramifications in this country if this doesn't get overturned for so blatantly violating the first amendment a middle school social studies class could call it.
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_...looks_like_it_establishes_state_religion.html
As the United States marches forward in its quest to restore its former greatness, it should surprise nobody that government sponsored Christian prayer is now apparently going to be a thing again. On Monday, a divided three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated what’s been a years-long, all-Christian prayer regime in Rowan County, North Carolina, partly because of the long-standing history of sectarian worship in the region and partly because, in their telling, minority religious objectors are just thin-skinned and childish. In allowing the county’s Board of Commissioners to resume offering prayers before legislative sessions, Judge G. Steven Agee’s 2–1 majority opinion relied mainly on a 2014 Supreme Court legislative prayer case called Town of Greece v. Galloway for the new proposition that sectarian prayer before government meetings should be permitted if nonbelievers aren’t feeling shamed or coerced. The majority in Town of Greece also insisted that public prayer—even to someone else’s God—ennobles and calms us all, another flawed proposition on which this latest ruling also relies.
While I'm sure some will be ecstatic about this ruling, (because hey if our founding fathers grew up with state sponsored religion why shouldn't we?), I really found the following statement by the court to be really interesting:
“Christian concepts typically consisted of the closing line, such as ‘In Jesus’ name. Amen,’ ” the court finds that “these are not really Christian prayers.”
Hmm an institution of the government declaring what is and isn't a Christian prayer.
Could be some really interesting ramifications in this country if this doesn't get overturned for so blatantly violating the first amendment a middle school social studies class could call it.