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Re: Supreme Court ruling favors prayer at council meeting
Look, your trying to hard to cling to Mr. Hail Satan. It's okay to let that go. That was metaphorical.
My entire point was and is the following:
Good lord, a few honest questions. Does this wall of text above mean something? What? Because by the end of it, I'm not even sure you are sure who you are speaking to or what about. Particularly when you get into that part about what I'd say and you'd say and whatever else someone would say at the end. So what was that all supposed to mean? That Satanist now don't view prayer as dogmatic and practice meditation instead? That your hypothetical was not hyper fictional and based upon a misunderstanding? That most people probably would not have a problem with the practice alongside traditional prayer at a public meeting? Particularly if they had to attend the meeting or have a reason to be there? That the sound of this silent mediation would be a problem? What about those straight forward questions was it that was so intimidating? So much so that you launched into this, I can only call it a diatribe above?
Look, your trying to hard to cling to Mr. Hail Satan. It's okay to let that go. That was metaphorical.
My entire point was and is the following:
If a local, county, state, or federal government meeting has been called into business and a prayer is invoked, - That's an infringement on the rights of those who don't want TO HAVE RELIGIOUS PRAYER FORCED ON THEM!
IN A PUBIC GOVERNMENT MEETING - when prayer is forced on people who go for public business and problems to be addressed - and who doesn't want go to a public meeting for a religious ceremony performed. - That's the harm.
What's next? Start having all public agenda meeting used to solve public problems be held in churches as opposed to a government building or town halls?
"Well now!" you say. "If you don't like prayers at public meetings, then don't go to the meeting!'
So then I will have to reply: BUT I HAVE PUBIC BUSINESS TO ADDRESS - NOT RELIGION. So what do I have to do...pray that you'll stop praying at public meetings and whoever prays the hardest and gets their way...wins?