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Tuesday, May 21, 2013

High Court To Review Church-State Dispute Over Public Prayers

Washington (CNN) -- A dispute over public prayers at town board meetings will be taken up by the Supreme Court in coming months, another contentious case over the intersection of faith and the public arena.

The justices announced Monday the court will decide whether a New York community may continue what it calls "inclusive" prayers at its town board sessions.

The petition will be argued later this year or early in 2014, with a ruling ready by the spring.

After the Greece, New York, Town Board's policy was challenged because virtually all of those invited to offer prayers were Christians, the board for a time invited a few others, including a Wiccan, to offer invocations.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

first amendment states

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

so its legal, it cannot be prohibited

Anonymous said...

10:05 It will be up to the Supreme Court to determine legal or not.

Alex said...

10:05 freedom of religion in the First Amendment also means freedom from religion.

Anonymous said...

Funny how the atheists are all about taking God out of everything until the moment before death and then they find Him fast!

Anonymous said...

Alex is actually right here, 10:05 is effectively combining the free exercise clause with the establishment clause of the First Amendment. The only thing that cannot be "prohibited" is the private practice of religion by citizens; public recognition/practice of religion must be prohibited under the Establishment Clause and decades of Supreme Court jurisprudence.

Anonymous said...

Allowing this to happen would open the door for Sharia Law.

Anonymous said...

104, how on earth do you read a difference in public/ private into 1005's copy of our first amendment??? There's absolutely nothing there that delineates that. You need to read it a few more times, but just the words that are printed; leave out the ones you are making up. Alex is just repeating the liberals' talking points which have never been truthful.