http://christianactionleague.org/news/federal-court-rules-forsyth-county-prayers-are-unconstitutional/ The only lasting cure for evil and injustice is Christian action! Fri, 02 Apr 2010 15:49:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://christianactionleague.org/news/federal-court-rules-forsyth-county-prayers-are-unconstitutional/comment-page-1/#comment-3295 John Adams Sat, 27 Feb 2010 09:25:48 +0000 http://christianactionleague.org/?p=2670#comment-3295 The prayers in question are voluntarily initiated. Therefore, this shows there is no evidence of religion being forced on the people or public officials by the governing body or by the state at all. Public officials are not and cannot be barred from the “free exercise thereof” clause of the 1st. If they are prohibited as the judge ruled, then this action violates their 1st Amendment rights. These voluntary prayers in no way violate the establishment clause because there is no evidence of the governing body or officials in question attempting to establish a church, nor evidence of coercion, favoring or endorsing one religion over another by the governing body. If “Congress shall make no law”, then the judge is wrong on the ruling. Yes, the Founders of our nation wanted to keep the affairs of the state and church separate, but a few minutes of voluntary prayer initiated by a public official(s) hardly qualifies for an attempt of a governing body to establish, favor, or coerce a particular religion on anyone. Also, just a reminder, the "religious right" did not start this fight. It was the lawsuit filed by Janet Joyner and her cohort, Constance Blackmon vs Forsyth county, case 1:07CV243. Democrats, maybe? The prayers in question are voluntarily initiated. Therefore, this shows there is no evidence of religion being forced on the people or public officials by the governing body or by the state at all. Public officials are not and cannot be barred from the “free exercise thereof” clause of the 1st. If they are prohibited as the judge ruled, then this action violates their 1st Amendment rights. These voluntary prayers in no way violate the establishment clause because there is no evidence of the governing body or officials in question attempting to establish a church, nor evidence of coercion, favoring or endorsing one religion over another by the governing body. If “Congress shall make no law”, then the judge is wrong on the ruling. Yes, the Founders of our nation wanted to keep the affairs of the state and church separate, but a few minutes of voluntary prayer initiated by a public official(s) hardly qualifies for an attempt of a governing body to establish, favor, or coerce a particular religion on anyone. Also, just a reminder, the “religious right” did not start this fight. It was the lawsuit filed by Janet Joyner and her cohort, Constance Blackmon vs Forsyth county, case 1:07CV243. Democrats, maybe?

]]> http://christianactionleague.org/news/federal-court-rules-forsyth-county-prayers-are-unconstitutional/comment-page-1/#comment-3026 Ernest Mangum Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:11:03 +0000 http://christianactionleague.org/?p=2670#comment-3026 My question is what kind of judges we have in America making these decisions? Do they not know the Constitution doesn't say/mean a seperation of Church and State. Is that there will be no Relegion or Demonation chosen as the State/USA relegion. My question is what kind of judges we have in America making these decisions? Do they not know the Constitution doesn’t say/mean a seperation of Church and State. Is that there will be no Relegion or Demonation chosen as the State/USA relegion.

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