Do men who kneel when asking for their girlfriend’s hand in marriage worship their girlfriend when they do so?
Does the soldier who kisses a picture of his wife while on the battlefield worship his wife?
Do you worship your friends when you ask them to pray for you?
Does the soldier who kisses a picture of his wife while on the battlefield worship his wife?
Do you worship your friends when you ask them to pray for you? Strawman argument.
A man kneeling is doing a human act of placing himself below a person he holds in esteem. Making her 'worthy' of his love. The translation of "worship" is from the Middle English: worshipe worthiness, respect, reverence paid to a divine being, from Old English weorthscipe worthiness, respect, from weorth worthy, worth + -scipe -ship. In essence, worshiping her. Not worship as in deity.
The soldier on the battlefield does the same as an icon of the person he loves. You may hold the same argument for Mary, but the effect is that of idolization when done to the scope of the Roman Catholic Church.
When you ask friends to pray for you, you are doing what Christ wants. We are to pray for each other. This is not granting a status of deity.