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    DC Circuit rightly rules prayer in Congress is constitutional......

    Another loss for the Leftness. This is good.




    The D.C. Circuit unanimously upheld religious prayer in Congress last week, following a lawsuit that attempted to halt the tradition of opening House meetings with invocations to God. While the lawsuit is unsurprising, it’s still good to see federal judges maintain the authority of the First Amendment, specifically the much-contested establishment clause.


    In its opinion, the Court said the House doesn’t violate the establishment clause when it limits its opening prayers to religious prayers, as opposed to secular ones, because our country has enjoyed a “longstanding ... tradition” of prayer prior to legislative meetings for more than 200 years. Organizations such as the Freedom From Religion Foundation are known for making this kind of pedestrian argument, which is more anti-religion than it is anti-establishment. It usually fails as it did here.


    It’s still worth noting the Court’s opinion actually outlines the beauty of how the Founding Fathers drafted the First Amendment and what they meant when they referred to an “establishment.” I spoke with Eric Baxter, of the Becket Fund, on the phone. He filed an amicus brief in support of the chaplain and explained the decision further.


    “When we analyze the establishment clause, we have to look and see what the founders meant by it. There’s a continuous history, back to the founding of legislative bodies, of starting meetings with prayer. It’s understood that this is not an establishment of religion. The founders had a very specific idea of what an establishment was: forcing people to worship, establishing a religion or church for the country,” he said.....snip~


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    Unanimous- that is good.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter1469 View Post
    Unanimous- that is good.
    Yep, and it will cause the Demos some major poutage.
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    Not allowing prayer would only leave a void, and you know darn well it would eventually be filled by machete-wielding muslims.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lummy View Post
    Not allowing prayer would only leave a void, and you know darn well it would eventually be filled by machete-wielding muslims.
    Well at least the Demos wont be able to waste the peoples time on the issue.
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