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Interesting. A branch of the federal government, trying to tell someone what they can of cannot say at a private event.
Judge Rules Pastor Can Say 'Jesus Christ' at Memorial Day Ceremony at National Cemetery - FoxNews.com
A federal judge in Texas ruled Thursday that the government cannot prohibit a Houston preacher from saying “Jesus Christ” while delivering an invocation at an upcoming Memorial Day ceremony to be held the national cemetery in the city...
Rainey called Ocasio, and she told him that if he didn't change the prayer, he would not be allowed to deliver the Memorial Day remarks, Rainey said in his lawsuit against the federal cemetery. But it was a private event, and court papers pointed out that the department only objected to the parts of the speech deemed too religious...
The pastor eventually sued the U.S. Veterans Affairs Department to be allowed to refer to Jesus Christ at the invocation...
But Judge Lynn N. Hughes sided with Rainey, ruling that censorship and religious discrimination violate the First Amendment...
“We are grateful that we live in a nation where religious freedom and our veterans are honored,” the Liberty Institute, which represented Rainey in his legal battle, said in a written statement. “Hopefully now government officials will understand that they cannot intervene in a private ceremony and tell citizens what they can and cannot pray.”
Judge Rules Pastor Can Say 'Jesus Christ' at Memorial Day Ceremony at National Cemetery - FoxNews.com
A federal judge in Texas ruled Thursday that the government cannot prohibit a Houston preacher from saying “Jesus Christ” while delivering an invocation at an upcoming Memorial Day ceremony to be held the national cemetery in the city...
Rainey called Ocasio, and she told him that if he didn't change the prayer, he would not be allowed to deliver the Memorial Day remarks, Rainey said in his lawsuit against the federal cemetery. But it was a private event, and court papers pointed out that the department only objected to the parts of the speech deemed too religious...
The pastor eventually sued the U.S. Veterans Affairs Department to be allowed to refer to Jesus Christ at the invocation...
But Judge Lynn N. Hughes sided with Rainey, ruling that censorship and religious discrimination violate the First Amendment...
“We are grateful that we live in a nation where religious freedom and our veterans are honored,” the Liberty Institute, which represented Rainey in his legal battle, said in a written statement. “Hopefully now government officials will understand that they cannot intervene in a private ceremony and tell citizens what they can and cannot pray.”