On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 11:04 AM, Justin Scott <[email protected] > wrote:
> > I don't think that's what Palin was arguing for. > I was talking to Sam, because that IS what he is arguing for. > The essence of the piece > was that Palin and O'Reilly felt that a judge declaring the "National Day > of > Prayer" unconstitutional was in bad taste and the wrong move according to > our historical traditions. Politically, I generally disagree with both of > them more often than not, but I'm with them on this one. There is a HUGE > difference between saying "outlawing a national day of prayer isn't the > right thing to do" and saying "we should rewrite the laws to follow > Christian values." I would agree with you, but didn't Palin bring it back to rewriting the laws to follow Christian values when she cited the Ten Commandments as the basis? > The subject on this thread is entirely misleading in > that respect. She said nothing of the sort. She even went as far as to > say > that the day is meant to encourage spirituality in general and that > attacking it was wrong. I'm agnostic and not a very spiritual person, but > I > see nothing wrong with encouraging people to practice their chosen faith in > a peaceful manner. > I have no problem with a national day of prayer. > Getting back to your point, nowhere was she asking for organized prayer > sessions in schools. I would have a problem if that were the case, but it > isn't. If the school or teacher wants to have a "moment of silence" where > individuals can pray quietly to God, Allah, the Flying Spaghetti Monster, > or > whatever, I'm ok with that. > Again, that was addressed to Sam. -- The suburbs have no charms to soothe The restless dream of youth ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:317924 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
