--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], Sal Sunshine <salsunshine@> > wrote: > > > > On Jun 26, 2007, at 4:49 PM, authfriend wrote: > > > > > For more than 200 years, the Senate has opened each workday with a > > > prayer usually delivered by the Senate Chaplain, currently Barry > > > Black, a Seventh Day Adventist. It is common, however, for senators > > > to recommend religious leaders from their home states to serve as > > > guest chaplains. > > > > So much for separation of Church and State. >
> "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment > of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." > > As long as they have representatives of different > religions delivering the prayer, they're fine. > *********** http://chronicle.com/news/index.php?id=2573 June 27, 2007 What's in a Name? Iowa State Mulls a 'Life-Skills Assistant,' Not a Chaplain Iowa State University's Athletics Council has approved a plan to hire a "volunteer life-skills assistant" to provide religious counseling to players on the football team, in a way that officials said differs from the work of a chaplain, the Iowa State Daily reported. An original plan to hire a chaplain drew protests from faculty members who said it would violate a constitutional ban on government establishments of religion. Under the new plan, the life-skills assistant would be paid from outside sources, would minister to players of any faith, and would be barred from team activities involving mandatory prayer. The faculty protesters said the proposal was essentially old wine in a new bottle. The plan now goes to the university's president, Gregory L. Geoffroy.
