Timothia wrote:Merizoc wrote:It's a government endorsement of religion. You know the first amendment, right?
Like I said before, this is as much an endorsement of religion as having a picture of a famous athlete on the school hallways is an endorsement of that athlete. It's like saying that because there is a picture of Kobe Bryant in the locker room that the coach is endorsing rape. And yes, thank you, I am aware of the first amendment. I think it allows people to pray as long as others aren't allowed to pray as well, but feel free to correct me.
Freedom of religion must also entail freedom from religion.
When a public institution, like a town hall, hosts prayers to a god (or gods as it might be) then it's an implicit endorsement of religion. That's why you can't have the Ten Commandments in a courthouse. A government entity must be neutral on all things religious and the only way to do so is by not doing anything religious at all.
It will be interesting to see if this will truly mean that the meetings will now be open for all. If they allow a Christian prayer then they must also allow, for example, a Satanic prayer. And with the admission that they're probably not going to allow anything other than a Christian prayer...
How can that not be endorsement of a religion?