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To: Madeleine Ward
"If Christians get to say Christian prayers at a public meeting, why can't another religion?"

This doesn't fly. Using this logic, based on freedom of speech, I could argue that everyone who wants to has a right to testify before any congressional committe which invites people to appear and testify for or against any pending issue. I mean, it isn't fair to let some give their opinion to congress and not others if we have freedom of speech - congress would be discriminating against my point of view. No one should buy such a stained interpetation of freedom of speech nor should they buy the same strained interpetation of the establishment clause.

52 posted on 08/10/2005 12:30:26 PM PDT by joebuck
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To: joebuck

Well, we aren't talking about freedom of speech.

We are talking about saying a prayer at a public meeting.

It seems that some of you are saying that at public meetings, we want prayer, and we want it to be Christian prayer.

And if another religion asks for that same opportunity, what do you say to them?


64 posted on 08/10/2005 12:49:32 PM PDT by Madeleine Ward
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