Christian Seberino wrote:
>
> On Sun, March 25, 2007 11:39 pm, Gabriel Sechan wrote:
>
>> By
>> asking for a "voluntary" prayer, you're forcing everyone there,
>> students
>> and
>> spectators alike, to stand by and wait while you pray.  Sorry, you
>> don't
>> have a right to shove your beliefs down my throat.  Actually, no, no
>> I'm
>> not
>> sorry.
>
> 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" ?

How would you like someone giving the valedictory speech to lead a
voluntary muslim prayer? Would you be offended. How about a Wica
prayer? Maybe a Budhist prayer would be more to your liking?

> When does this kind of vehement so called "separation of church and
> state
> thinking" cross the line into "anti-Christianity thinking"?

When did you stop beating your wife?

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