Lawsuit challenges prayer at town council meetings in PG Co

[regularguy]

Seems pretty clear-cut to me. Governments shouldn't be promoting a particular religious sect. I thought this was decided by the Supreme Court decades ago.

When the Town Council convenes in the tiny town of Brentwood in Prince George’s County, it is customary to open the session with the Lord’s Prayer. But two residents say that the prayer favors Christianity over other religions and thus violates the U.S. Constitution. Two residents, one a Catholic, the other a Buddhist, filed suit in U.S. District Court in Greenbelt on Tuesday challenging the town’s practice.

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[Steveg85321]

Seems to me whether you're a believer or not, government can use all the help it can get. Maybe they could take turns with prayers from different faiths? When it is the secular humanists' turn, they can say, "We can do everything because we know everything; see what a great job people are doing with the world."

[regularguy]

Seems to me whether you're a believer or not, government can use all the help it can get.

How is the rote recitation of a prayer going to "help"?

Maybe they could take turns with prayers from different faiths?

It would be interesting to see the reaction when it's the Satan-worshiper's turn!

When it is the secular humanists' turn, they can say, "We can do everything because we know everything; see what a great job people are doing with the world."

How about: "We aren't going to get very far if we wait around for some supernatural being to make it happen." No need to mention how much human suffering is the result of competing religious sects.

[Jeebus]

His Noodly Appendage MUST be given equal time.