Comments on: State Senate panel advances “right to pray” amendment

By: Jason

Jason — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 12:51:18 +0000

You are correct up to a point Sandi….after that you are wrong. Yet in many senses you are wrong and I’d rather not at this time bring enlightenment to you as I did on the militia issue….

By: Sandi Saunders

Sandi Saunders — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 04:58:29 +0000

Jason, Chaplaincy, whether in the military or a prison is an acknowledgement that even a person not free to leave and seek religious counsel on their own is still allowed to have their spiritual or religious need met is not the same as forcing a public prayer on a captive audience there for another purpose. That is why the rest of us have churches and pastors we can call on as we see fit.

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 22:11:00 +0000

I was being sarcastic btw.

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 22:09:36 +0000

Blue John: I think it should be like Germany and have tax supported churches, aka an official state church. Just like here in Virginia, even ten years after the signing of the constitution, the Episcopal Church was the official church and everyone paid taxes for it’s maintenance.

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 22:03:18 +0000

I think the United States Military Chaplaincy serves as the best model for recognizing the role of pluralism while protecting the individual’s right to free worship. Yes, Sandi military chaplains get paid by the government, $$$$, to perform religious service. As do chaplains in federal prisons and the Veterans Administration. Wow….your right Sandi no one is being fooled here….people have the right to worship even publicly. In the military there are guidelines for public prayers and the use of sensitivity. In the Army it’s up to the individual commander as to the nature of the public prayer. It should be up to the individual school district as to if and how they utilize public prayer.

By: Kristen

Kristen — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 16:42:46 +0000

Fern, most humans would do well to more closely emulate dogs.

By: Sandi Saunders

Sandi Saunders — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 15:29:53 +0000

“Would any human object to momentarily focusing on universally positive human patterns of behavior in what seems to be at times a dog eat dog world?” No, not at all, but I object to publicly led prayer of a denominational nature at any government entity event. Why not go for an amendment for a “moment of silence” to allow us humans to momentarily reflect “on universally positive human patterns of behavior in what seems to be at times a dog eat dog world” as we see fit? Because it threatens the point of public displays of piety. No one is being fooled here.

By: gdad

gdad — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 15:29:18 +0000

“AND, from the massive amounts of e-mails I`m recieving from around the Country concerning armed militias being formed, somebody better start praying.”

Yeah boy, applewood, them militias gonna take it all over.

By: Fern Henley

Fern Henley — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 13:22:33 +0000

There are common grounds for cooperation in sports that unite both teams and there are common heroes that have gone before us in memory that exemplify the spirit of cooperation in the sport that would be well to mention before a game. Would any human object to momentarily focusing on universally positive human patterns of behavior in what seems to be at times a dog eat dog world? This is not a dog eat dog world unless we chose to make it so and we have so much more fun acting like humans instead of beasts.

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 22:08:21 +0000

I remember when prayers were offered before high school football games. Oh to see that day again.