By asking for a "voluntary" prayer, you're forcing everyone there,
students and
spectators alike, to stand by and wait while you pray.
You seem to be reacting to a "voluntary prayer" as if it was a mandatory
prayer. One could argue this is going too far the other direction. Where
does it stop? Must we make it illegal to display Christmas decorations on
front lawns because someone "might be offended" ?
although a quote from a movie (American President ...
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112346/quotes )
it just screams relivent "America isn't easy. America is advanced
citizenship. You gotta want it bad, 'cause it's gonna put up a fight. It's
gonna say "You want free speech? Let's see you acknowledge a man whose words
make your blood boil, who's standing center stage and advocating at the top
of his lungs that which you would spend a lifetime opposing at the top of
yours. You want to claim this land as the land of the free? Then the symbol
of your country can't just be a flag; the symbol also has to be one of its
citizens exercising his right to burn that flag in protest."
Richard Reynolds
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