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Ga. Seniors Told They Can't Pray Before Meals

The Giant Noodle said:
I would think they would ban the constant ramblings of why the rooms are always to hot or cold and also the excessive food joined with saliva being ejected from their mouths as they complain. :roll:

Thats much more offesive than prayer.
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I always thought they should just ban being old. It's a lifestyle choice, you know, they sure as hell weren't born that way.
 
j-mac said:
Offering a prayer before a meal is now a "state sponsored" activity? How so? The Government supplements the cost of the meal, not who prepares it or delivers it....

This is the problem with liberals that are against any form of religion in the square. You think that because there is a monetary supplement to the meals offered to seniors, that it entitles you to tell them HOW they must accept it.

WRONG!


j-mac
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There is a difference between sharing the gospel and forcing other people to sit through your public prayer. Are Christians so insecure in their beliefs that they can only persevere when they have the weight of the government behind them?
 
j-mac said:
Your anologies make no sense....Why would a Moslem prayer, or a Jewish prayer be offered to a group of Christians unless it was intended to be out of place or offend?

So what you are saying is that it would be ok, if not amusing to you to jab Christians, but lord help up if we offend the non believer minority?


j-mac
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When I get old, I'm going to tell the local senior center that I'm a whirling dervish, and I need to perform a sword dance before eating. And, if they refuse, I'm going to sue for religious discrimination.

You think I'm a pain in the ass now, wait until I get old.
 
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Catz Part Deux said:
When I get old, I'm going to tell the local senior center that I'm a whirling dervish, and I need to perform a sword dance before eating.
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Please use rubber swords please

Lopping off old peoples heads would be bad for other peoples appitities
 
Catz Part Deux said:
When I get old, I'm going to tell the local senior center that I'm a whirling dervish, and I need to perform a sword dance before eating. And, if they refuse, I'm going to sue for religious discrimination.

You think I'm a pain in the ass now, wait until I get old.
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It's the idea that any agency receiving federal money must be religiously sterile.

The prayers weren't harming anyone.
 
Lord Tammerlain said:
Please use rubber swords please

Lopping off old peoples heads would be bad for other peoples appitities
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More like a rubber room with a nice little white jacket.
 
Jerry said:
It's the idea that any agency receiving federal money must be religiously sterile.

The prayers weren't harming anyone.
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Neither would my sword act. I think I'll do it in bellydance attire.
 
Catz Part Deux said:
When I get old, I'm going to tell the local senior center that I'm a whirling dervish, and I need to perform a sword dance before eating. And, if they refuse, I'm going to sue for religious discrimination.

You think I'm a pain in the ass now, wait until I get old.
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I'm going to use a python in my bellydance routine. :mrgreen:(actually been wanting to get one for years for that very reason LOL)

We'll do the dances together! You know, for religious reasons.
 
rivrrat said:
I'm going to use a python in my bellydance routine. :mrgreen:(actually been wanting to get one for years for that very reason LOL)

We'll do the dances together! You know, for religious reasons.
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Can you imagine the two of us in the same nursing home? Talk about hotbed of sordid drama. ;)
 
Jerry said:
I think I just decided which old folks home I'll retire to.
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So you find 70 year old women in bikinis attractive do you?


Personally I would look for the old folks home with the most attractive nurses (female) rather then the ones with scantily clad residents
 
rivrrat said:
I'm going to use a python in my bellydance routine. :mrgreen:(actually been wanting to get one for years for that very reason LOL)

We'll do the dances together! You know, for religious reasons.
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Actually, I believe that my religious beliefs require me to go skyclad to lunch.
 
Reverend_Hellh0und said:
This is unconstitutional....





Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
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No one is prohibiting them from praying. It's a moment of silence and people can do whatever they want with that moment.
 
Catz Part Deux said:
When I get old, I'm going to tell the local senior center that I'm a whirling dervish, and I need to perform a sword dance before eating. And, if they refuse, I'm going to sue for religious discrimination.

You think I'm a pain in the ass now, wait until I get old.
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Can I join that senior center with you so I can back you up? ;)

Okay, I don't know if I could keep up with you and rivrrat. :)
 
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aps said:
Can I join that senior center with you so I can back you up? ;)

Okay, I don't know if I could keep up with you and rivrrat. :)
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Oh, you could. If not, we'd spike your mimosa with Viagra, too. :mrgreen:
 
Catz Part Deux said:
There is a difference between sharing the gospel and forcing other people to sit through your public prayer. Are Christians so insecure in their beliefs that they can only persevere when they have the weight of the government behind them?
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Who was being "forced"? I didn't read anywhere in that story where residents complained, did you?

So then you are basing your argument for, or against on something you can't discern happened. I believe that is called a strawman.


j-mac
 
j-mac said:
Who was being "forced"? I didn't read anywhere in that story where residents complained, did you?

So then you are basing your argument for, or against on something you can't discern happened. I believe that is called a strawman.


j-mac
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now, they have a period of silence when each guest can say their prayers as they choose

before - the system you are whining about its having changed - is where the guests were led in prayer. even those guests who did not subscribe to the faith practices as the one saying the prayer. the guest should not be made to leave their group home setting in order to escape the proselytizations of the evangelists
 
justabubba said:
now, they have a period of silence when each guest can say their prayers as they choose

before - the system you are whining about its having changed - is where the guests were led in prayer. even those guests who did not subscribe to the faith practices as the one saying the prayer. the guest should not be made to leave their group home setting in order to escape the proselytizations of the evangelists
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So who complained? Do you know?


j-mac
 
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