Perry Wants Constitutional Amendment for Prayer in Schools
As president, Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) says he would fight for a constitutional amendment to allow prayer in schools.
In an ad released last week, Perry declared that President Barack Obama was waging a "war on religion" because gays are allowed to serve openly in the military and children aren't allowed to pray in schools.
"It was the Supreme Court, back in 1962, that decided -- and it's been upheld since then -- that children couldn't pray in school," Fox News host Chris Wallace told Perry Sunday. "Barack Obama had nothing to do with that."
"I would support a constitutional amendment that allows children to pray in school anytime that they would like," Perry declared. "I happen to believe that ought be a local decision, and that's not the Supreme Court's business to be telling Americans when and how they should pray."
"On the issue of Don't Ask, Don't Tell: It was working, and for the Commander-in-Chief to use our military as a political tool while we're in combat in two different locations around the world -- at least two different locations around the world in Iraq and Afghanistan -- I just think it's really irresponsible. ... I think [the lifting of DADT] is bad public policy and I would change it."
Wallace noted that the ban on prayer in schools had continued under both Republican and Democratic Presidents.
"I'm telling you what I believe, Chris," Perry replied. "Americans don't agree with that decision that was made in 1962, and if we have a constitutional amendment election across this country allowing our children to pray in school, I will suggest to you it will pass overwhelmingly. And I'll support that. I will go across this country, as I am promoting a balanced budget amendment to the United States Constitution, I will work on a balanced -- or I should say an amendment to allow our children to pray in school."
Great thing he'll attack the important issues facing Americans. We all seen that this country went to hell with that Supreme Court ruling. Atheist sending us into wars or military actions overseas. Atheist like Kennedy, Reagan, Bush I & II.
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Someone needs to point out to Governor Treestump that "prayer in school is perfectly legal. There is no law prohibiting a child from praying in school or using school facilities for prayer."
School SPONSORED prayer is illegal. Perry's little Amendment would need to specify just which religion schools would be allowed to sponsor.
* There are two types of Republicans: millionaires and suckers.
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Good points.
What if little Muslim kids pull out their prayer mats during math class? That's prayer and he did say, "any time".
far left loon >.<
THANK YOU for posting this. I'm a public school teacher and I get so tired of this lie being bandied about as gospel truth.
The fact is: any kid can pray in public schools at pretty much any time they want. It's the school officials (teachers, principals, coaches...) that are barred from forcing kids to pray.
Jeez.
Repugs tend to get hung up on the word 'mandate'. ;o}
I pledge allegiance to the Constitution of the United States of America, and to the republic which it established, one nation from many peoples, promising liberty and justice for all
But thats what they really want. They want the teacher to lead the class in the lords prayer every day so they con proselytize to the heathens who haven't found Jesus Christ as their one true savior.
All these repubs want to take us back to the good old days of the 1950s when you could pray in school, the wife was home bare foot and pregnant and the colored people knew their place and certainly didn't think they had a right to be President.
They want the teacher to lead the class. What if the teacher is a Buddhist and has the kids meditate and chant a koan?
Or will the amendment say "only Christian prayer"? Could be a hot potato, that one.
far left loon >.<
but we al know it will never happen. Even if this mouth-breather were to somehow get elected (dont worry, it'll never happen), he'll never get such an amendment off the ground. It will be still-born. All this is is Perry throwing the usual red-meat to the rabid fundies that make up his base.
When angry, count four, when very angry, swear.
-Mark Twain-
It would be like the Office of Faith-Based Initiatives under George W. Bush...everything carefully and conveniently worded so that the government can deny it is violating the First Amendment while at the same time ignoring the way in which it is blatantly favoring Christianity (and especially evangelical Christianity).
Never trust anyone who insists that patriotism requires you to blindfold yourself with the flag.
Matthew 6:5-6
And when you pray, you shall not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward.
But you, when you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.
School SPONSORED prayer is illegal. ---- Yes! Thank You!
Good one , thanks .
"The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all."
which is especially appropriate as it relates to Ricky Parry and all the other fake Xians who proclaim their faith 24/7, nonstop, and pretty much spit it into the faces of everyone with whom they come into contact.
In Matthew 6:7, Jesus continued....
"But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do; for they think
that they shall be heard for their much speaking."
So, shut up Rick!
"Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of Stupidity" - Frank Leahy
and he really was a good religious man. Prayer and good deed mean nothing if you are just doing them so that others admire you. Yep, these guys have the special bibles that never include anything sensible.
Does this man know anything about foreign affairs? Does he know anything about the economic stability of third world nations? Does he know anything about FEMA? How about state vs national rights? Why are they pandering to this guy with praying in school issues? It's so unimportant. It's so insignificant. If a kid wants to get on a prayer rug, let him get on a prayer rug.
Jeanne
Makes Bush look like Albert Einstein . I know it's Texas but still , how is it that this moron could have become Governor ... and be re-elected ta boot ?
"The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all."
(Who knew that this line from "Cheech & Chong: Up In Smoke" would be so relevant all these years later?)
"Trust no one, Mr. Mulder." - Well-Manicured Man
Hey Ricky, don't pretend you speak for me.
Americans needs the jobs back from overseas. There are millions of people suffering, homeles, hungry,
lonesome, broke, desperate. Who gives a fuck about children praying in the schools? Why is this dumb ass avoiding the real true issues. We need jobs. We don't need religion.
when comments like this roll into the campaign office of Rick Perry or Newt, if the staff shows them to the candidate. "Mr. Perry, we have another person who is really really getting tired of the rhetoric. Maybe we should shift to...oh I don't know...real issues. Do you know any?"
Jeanne
Do you think they are going to give up on distracting the dumb folks from the real problems they've created and getting them off on the tangents of religion, gays, abortion, prayer in schools and other "moral" issues that are used to divide. They are really awful people because they do this purposely as a game plan, rather than from any real moral convictions.
Ah yes, here we are in the worst economy since the great depression and here is Rick Perry creating straw man arguments for a wedge issue that has no true meaning in the greater scheme of things. Who can take this clown seriously?
This clown is so desperate to get attention that he is trying to stir up total lies so he can be relevant in this campaign.
Pathetic.
Perry's base (and many conservatives) actually believes this kind of nonsense. Obama is a Marxist Nazi Anti-Christ born in Kenya after all. So obviously as an infant Obama was able to stop school prayer.
You can't think rationally or intelligently in this kind of Republican race to understand what Rick is doing. You gotta think stupid...then it makes total since.
Just imagine how dumb his supporters are
I also hope that Gov Perry also pushes for the necessary constitutional reform to include rain dances as part of the law of the land. Given how effective his "pray-a-thon" was against the drought, 'tis a no brainer.
CTHULHU 2012 "Why vote for a lesser evil?"
Not only is Perry an idiot, he is an incoherent idiot, in public.
Keep talking dude,on camera so we can enjoy it forever.
The rantings of a left wing liberal.
Chris Wallace prefaced one of his question lines this morning by reminding Perry that because of his several flubs that people were asking if he knew enough to be the President. I can answer that one for Chris, no he doesn't!
It's not often that you can watch a human being fling his own poo against a wall. That's exactly what Perry is doing. He is flinging it, hoping it will stick and hoping the Christian Right will notice it if it does.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
The simplest solution to what the entire Republican Party seems to want is to repeal all amendments to the Constitution. That is what a true "strict constructionist" would do.
Why fiddle around with half measures when you can strip the rights from 80% of the population in one fell swoop?
It takes a special kind of idiocy to claim you're a "strict constructionist" and then go around advocating all kinds of Constitutional Amendments.
If you have selfish, ignorant citizens, you're gonna get selfish, ignorant leaders.
George Carlin
Man , we'd be in good hands if this guy were President ! He had a lot of big $ financial backers , not one of their better investments . LOL
"The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all."
"I'm telling you what I believe, Chris," Perry replied.
Yeah, that's the usual wingnut response when confronted with any sort of facts. Reality doesn't mean shit;it's all about what these freaks believe. By the way, maybe somebody should enlighten clowns like Perry as to how complicated the process is for getting a Constitutional Amendment passed.
If you have selfish, ignorant citizens, you're gonna get selfish, ignorant leaders.
George Carlin
cuckoo cuckoo
Perry, Santorum and many other people have Intellectual Disability / Mental retardation from religious dogma. The bible trumps the constitution. God will guide us through our church leaders. We should be like iran and have the preachers run the nation; they’re just using the wrong bible. Christian republic v Islamic republic. Separation of church and state?? What?? Dominionism, Tribalism, and a Christian Nation are what we need!! And it has to be OUR version of Christianity!
I really do think that many Christians have a form of Intellectual Disability / Mental retardation that was programmed into them from the time they entered Sunday school forward. Logic is irrelevant.
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Definition of Intellectual Disability / Mental retardation from Medicine.net
The diagnosis of mental retardation is made by looking at two main things. These are:
(1) the ability of a person's brain to learn, think, solve problems, and make sense of the world (intellectual functioning or IQ)
(2) whether the person has the skills he or she needs to live independently (called adaptive behavior, or adaptive functioning).
There are many signs of mental retardation. For example, children with mental retardation may:
Find it hard to remember things,
Not understand how to pay for things,
Have trouble understanding social rules,
Have trouble seeing the consequences of their actions,
Have trouble solving problems, and/or
Have trouble thinking logically.
In regards to adaptive behavior and adaptive functioning, the religious-right seems to do alright when elections and campaign money are involved. Not so much on anything else.
Wall Street is just a parasite on the actual labor and investments of average Americans.
Banks play with futures, debt paper, complex financial instruments, and other peoples incomes.
Sell 'em short & help 'em crash - Tear 'em apart & sell the pieces
"I would support a constitutional amendment that allows children to pray in school anytime that they would like."
Would that be anytime or 5 times a day, Perry? Facing a particular direction?
PERRY IS A SECRET MUSLIM!
Perry is trying to slowly introduce sharia law into the constitution by putting in multiple prayer times each day for schoolkids. Perry wants an American caliphate!
Wow. That was fun. Now, if only I could make money out of hyperbole like Rush.
Would someone tell these asshats that you can pray in school but the school can not organize prayer. Before 1962 some schools used to have a prayer that was put over a PA system and that's is what some objected to and why "official sanctioned prayer" is no longer allowed.
This shyster is such a clown. I was going to send him an email, telling him that I support a constitutional amendment that would prohibit religious right nuts like himself to never run for public office. But, alas, it appears as if Parry's website no longer has the ability to "Contact" him, unless it is for a donation.
I know the website used to have this ability. I've sent him a number of emails the past few months, including a most recent one a few days ago, after his latest commercial comparing gays being open in the military with children not being allowed to pray in the classroom.
Perhaps he's received too many negative comments via that Contact form. I know my comment to him was quite negative! (He also has his YouTube videos comment sections and thumbs up/down turned off as well). Chicken shit.
As already pointed out:
The Constitution protects prayer IN schools, but it prohibits prayer BY schools
http://rjw-progressive.blogspot.com/2011/12/p...
Now that I know my cracker spawn will finds 'em Jeebus in skool!! Wooo-hooo!!
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
Or is he just trying to force his sickening Christ-cult on everyone else?
can certainly do the sign of the cross as the pop quiz gets handed out...
or sillently say a prayer to ones self at any time....
'allowing' sounds like forcing...and even religious kids I'm sure would rather spend the extra time at recess with the atheist kids....
has to mention the countries where the wars are being fought....
for the benefit of his audience....and a self reminder...
school deal will work. Certainly, if it is allowed it will be on a rotating basis, don't you think? I mean, one day we'll all read from the Christian bible, the next from the Old Testament. That shouldn't cause any problems certainly. But how about the day that it's the Muslim kids turn, or the Hindu, or the Hare Krishna, or the Buddhist? I'm certain that will go over well with all the right wing fundies out there who don't even believe that these folks are entitled to worship in this country. It would almost be worth passing that amendment just to see the mess it would turn into. On second thought, nah.
I think a generic 12 Step program should be part of the school curriculum, even if it's just the Serenity Prayer. Our addictions and moral shortcomings are rooted in our genes and upbringing. Learning at an early age; how to accept the things we cannot change, the willpower to change the things we can, and the wisdom to know the difference would make the transition to adulthood a lot easier.
TYJmL&S
They have a miserable success rate -- three to five percent, about the same percentage of people who overcome addiction on their own. Indoctrinating children with this hokum is the last fucking thing we need.
Poor, prayerless kids ... they can only pray:
When they get up in the morning
In the bathroom while peeing, pooping, brushing their teeth, taking a bath or shower
Before breakfast
During breakfast
After breakfast
While getting dressed for school
On the way to school
Before classes begin
Between classes
In the restroom
During lunch
During study hall and in the library
After school until supper
Before supper
After supper until bedtime
In the bathroom while peeing, pooping, brushing their teeth, taking a bath or shower
and
Before going to bed.
does this buffoon believe that he is even still remotely relevant?
Who even cares anymore what this loser believes.
Show me the yellow cake.
...the level of ignorance he displays with regard to the Constitution that the Presidential Oath of Office would require him to "preserve, protect, and defend" is absolutely staggering.
Governor Perry, please repeat after me...
CONGRESS SHALL PASS NO LAW RESPECTING AN ESTABLISHMENT OF RELIGION... (First Amendment, Bill of Rights, United States Constitution). (And no...the second part about "preventing the free exercise thereof" is actually not sufficient to negate the first part.)
Then again...should we really be surprised? Let's remember that this is the same man who hinted not long ago that Texas might want to secede from the union, who publicly stated his opinion in his most recent book that the Seventeenth Amendment was "mistaken", who doesn't know that teenagers are eligible to vote once they turn 18, and who apparently disagrees with the Constitution when it comes to the President's prerogative to appoint Supreme Court justices and have them vetted by Congress (what most people seem to have missed is that he called the Justices "unelected and unaccountable" as well as getting the number wrong). Since the Presidential Oath of Office would require Perry to "preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution" in its current form and not in the form he might want it to take, can Perry be trusted to uphold the oath given the numerous statements he has made -- provided, of course, that the American people collectively lost their heads so completely that they elect him to the office? No...he cannot. Unless Perry is fully prepared to honor the Oath by adhering to the Constitution as it currently stands, he should not only not be running for President...he should be considered ineligible to run. If Perry wants to "preserve, protect, and defend" his own interpretation of the Constitution, then he should either put a proposal for a new amendment before Congress in accordance with the correct procedure or he should get his own damn country.
Never trust anyone who insists that patriotism requires you to blindfold yourself with the flag.
I want a constitutional amendment keeping Rick Perry and the rest of these far right whackaloons out of the schools.
Now that Herman is gone. Rick sees an opportunity to get some attention by saying ridiculous things. He is declaring himself the king of stupid with this one.
He still has to complete with Michele for the batsh*t crazy crown.
I wish these two could have a one on one debate, so we could see who is truly the worst of the worst.
And this guy is governor of Texas. WTF
He reminds me of Governor LePetomane. " I didn't get hurumph outta that that guy"
And this just scratches the surface. Herb Parry is a dominionist. He wants a dominionist dictatorship.
Dominionism - the ultimate perversion of Christianity - and there's Jethro, front and center. BTW - Baa-Baa- Baachmann is also a dominionist, the pervert.
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
As you know, We've been working real hard in our town to get prayer back in our schools. Finally, the school board approved a plan of teacher-led prayer with the children participating at their own option. Children not wishing to participate were to be allowed to stand out in the hallway during prayer time. We hoped someone would sue us so we could go all the way to the Supreme Court and get the old devil-inspired ruling reversed.
Naturally, we were all excited by the school board action. As you know, our own little Billy (not so little, any more though) is now in the second grade. Of course, Margaret and I explained to him no matter what the other kids did, he was going to stay in the classroom and participate.
After the first day of school, I asked him "How did the prayer time go?"
"Fine."
"Did many kids go out into the hallway?"
"Two".
"Excellent. How did you like your teacher's prayer?"
"It was different, Dad. Real different from the way you pray."
"Oh? Like how?"
"She said, 'Hail Mary Mother of God, pray for us sinners...'"
The next day I talked with the principal. I politely explained I wasn't prejudiced against Catholics but I would appreciate Billy bein transferred to a non-Catholic teacher. The principal said it would be done right away.
At supper that evening I asked Billy to say the blessings. He slipped out of his chair, sat cross- legged, closed his eyes, raised his hand palms up in the air and began to hum.
You'd better believe I was at the principal's office at eight o'clock the next morning. "Look," I said. 'I don't really know much about these Transcendental Meditationists, but I would feel a lot more comfortable If you could move Billy to a room where the teacher practices an older, more established religion."
That afternoon I met Billy as soon as he walked in the door after school.
"I don't think you're going to like Mrs. Nakasone's prayer either, Dad."
"Out with it."
"She kept chanting Namu Amida Butsu..."
The following morning I was waiting for the principal in the school parking lot. "Look, I don't want my son praying to the Eternal Spirit of whatever to Buddha. I want him to have a teacher who prays in Jesus' name!"
"What about Bertha Smith?"
"Excellent."
I could hardly wait to hear about Mrs. Smith's prayer. I was standing on the front steps of the school when the final bell rang.
"Well?" I asked Billy as we walked towards the car.
"Okay."
"Okay what?"
"Mrs. Smith asked God to bless us and ended her prayer in Jesus' name, amen just like you."
I breathed a sigh of relief. "Now we're getting some place."
"She even taught us a verse of scripture about prayer," said Billy.
I beamed. "Wonderful. What was the verse?"
"Lets see..." he mused for a moment. "And behold, they began to pray; and they did pray unto Jesus, calling him their Lord and their God."
We had reached the car. "Fantastic," I said reaching for the door handle. Then paused. I couldn't place the scripture. "Billy, did Mrs. Smith say what book that verse was from?"
"Third Nephi, chapter 19, verse 18."
"Nephi what?"
"Nephi," he said. "It's in the Book of Mormon.
The school board doesn't meet for a month. I've given Billy very definite instructions that at prayer time each day he's to go out into the hallway. I plan to be at that board meeting. If they don't do something about this situation, I'll sue. I'll take it all the way to the Supreme Court if I have to. I don't need schools or anybody else teaching my son about religion. We can take care of that ourselves at home and at church, thank you very much.
But please tell me it's not for real....k?
What is your conceptual, continuity?
It is a joke that has been making the rounds among Christians. I should have given credit to someone named Dan. Pastor Dan, maybe, I don't know.
I've been practicing educational law on and off since the 1980s. This is my practice now. It is perfectly legal for little Johnny or little Jane to throw up a prayer, even out loud, during the school day, so long as it does not disrupt the educational setting. It is perfectly legal for religious societies to proselytize little Johnny and little Jane at after-school meetings in school facilities. In the Eighth Circuit, it is even legal for little Johnny or little Jane's teacher (and probably board members and administrators) to join in the proselytizing. The only thing that is not legal is for the school board to prescribe religious instruction during the school day, or for school personnel to preach during the school day. Think about that, Mr. Perry, the next time you see a majority Muslim Board.
Hi, since you appear to have some kind of insight to this and the law.
What does this mean for Muslim children and their praying?
What is your conceptual, continuity?
That Muslim kids will be able to hear the call to prayer in school? Will they be able to throw out their prayer rugs and pray just like the" other" kids?
Perry is such a dumbass, he doesn't even see what he's doing. like I said, dumbass.
What is your conceptual, continuity?
This man belongs in a revival tent..........it's where he learned his shtick........
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go fuck yourself",in texan?
....the fools do not realize,a population that can ,..... not paticipate .............in the 'economy'...,can not keep it viable!..........."we are listening,.......and we're not blind.,......this is your life....this is your time."
Well, Mudshark, since I'm new to this system and can't seem to figure out how to "Reply," I'll just do it this way. I rather doubt that a school system getting direct public funds could allow periods for Islamic ritual during school hours. That would require, at minimum, that any religious ritual prescribed by any religious group be accomodated, which would result in a religious cluster f__k that would disrupt the orderly educational environment. But, it could be done with a taxpayer funded voucher system allowing parents to pay private schools with a state-issued voucher, I think, playing off Zelmon v. Simmons-Harris. The after-school proselytizing is permitted by the Good News Clubs and Lamb's Chapel cases, in which religious groups are permitted to use school facilities to "evangelize" young children (if memory serves, 6-9 years old) if the school has established a limited public forum (i.e. if they let other groups use school facilities outside of school hours). Good News Clubs are the "face" of the Child Evangelism Fellowship, and sort of advertise themselves to parents as an after school day care service without directly mentioning the religion component. In other words, in my opinion, a bunch of sleazy jerks. I get asked about these people by a school system at least once a month. My advice is just don't let any private group use the schools for any purpose. The next question goes something like, "But what about the Boy Scouts?" Aside from the fact that the latter is also a religious group, the practical problem of keeping the fundamentalists from the door of unsuspecting parents and their children is enormous. I have another suggestion, but no one wants to spend the money on the inevitable litigation.
Homosexuals do not force their sexual orientation onto other people.
Many Christians... Evangelicals in particular... try to force other people to convert to their religion regularly and often.
If Perry had his way, his brand of Evangelical Christianity would be the only religion permitted in this country. The Constitution be damned.
Privatization of public schools/charter schools allow just that.
It isn't like there are strings on tax money funding charter schools, they do whatever they like as long as they can pass the score card.
To poking the religious stick in the eyes of self-induced pious and righteous Republikans. At least in 1779 politicians had the intelligence to keep Christians and their nonsense out of governance.
corrected.
None of us can be free until every last one of us can have gay sex with a tuba in school in the name of Jesus Christ.
At some point Rick will have to drop out of the race and we will miss his fine humor. That is, if you think stupid is funny.
"There is no such source and cause of strife, quarrel, fights. malignant opposition, persecution, and war, and all evil in the state, as religion. Let it once enter our civil affairs, our government would soon be destroyed. Let it once enter our common schools, they would be destroyed." Supreme Court of Wisconsin, Weiss v. District Board, 1890-MAR-18.
So much for that claim from Governor Hairpiece
substitute teacher who made us pray, which in hind site I'm sure she should not have been doing. But, I remember it making me everyone very uncomfortable. What if you have multi-demoninational classroom, including atheists, agnostics, or what if the teacher, or whoever is leading the prayer, is hyper religious,one of those who goes around amen'ing, and praising the lord, reciting scripture, or giving religious lessons in class. It's a very slippery slope.
is right. I teach in a small, rural Wisconsin high school (not exactly known for diversity). One of my colleagues of 20 years is a Buddhist. Does Rick Perry want him to lead youngsters in prayer? The kid who grew up across the street from me is a Hare Krishna. You get the idea.
Fuck you! No fucking way in hell!
Is that clear enough for you?
No Court has Ruled that a child does not have a right to pray in school! NONE!
It's all Right Wing Twisting Court Rulings to fit an agenda.
The Courts have always ruled that Teachers nor principals who are Representatives of the State can Not Force or Require nor Control Prayer in school as long as it is not disruptive.
My School System still has Prayers before Ball Games and other Ceremonies! BUT School Officials can not influence who says the prayer or the prayer's content.
Students still meet before School in a class room for Bible Study and prayer; NO TEACHER or School Official can be present.
Republicans have caused and perpetuate mass hysteria over a NON Issue.
Donaldd
I send my kids to school in order to learn, not pray you dumb fuck!
And since you turned schools into corporate fascist indoctrination centers devoted to test prep for useless standardized tests, you can just STFU you imbecile.
If I were a psychopath, I would join the republican party, and get in on the gravy train taking the Teabircher morons to the cleaners.
all faiths and you might get it through the voting process.
The odds are Rick can't come up with a prayer that is acceptable to all Christians, not even to all Protestants, not even all, not even to all Baptists, not even to all Southern Baptists, and probably not even with in a single congregation of Southern Baptists.
I have been challenging my brother to come up with an acceptable prayer for schools for twenty some years.
He still whines about prayer in school but has not yet come up with a single word to put into the prayer he seems to want. And he is a Phi Beta Kappa Ph.D, in Linguistics, and he can't come up with a universally acceptable prayer.
Wonder why?
(Hint, it because he won't accept anybody else's, and he knows that there are many others who would not accept his.)
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