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Government-approved Prayer
What THIS is, in a nutshell...
Today there is a controversy about prayer -- about praying in schools, praying in city council meetings -- about hiring chaplains in congress, and so on.
Sometimes this issue is brought before a court. Often the court comes down on the side of religion. Sometimes the courts mistakenly rule that it's all about giving equal time to all religions. Sometimes the court even rules that prayer is not a religious thing, so it's OK, after all! (We are not making this up).
We think that religion has no place in government at all.
Period.
Uncle Sam should not be in bed with the church. Nobody should get a special break from government just because they are religious!
In Utah (Salt Lake City) this issue has come up again. It was ruled that in order to keep prayer in the city's council meetings, an effort should be made to invite believers of all faiths (and infidels:) to pray. They will be allowed to give a prayer at the start of council meetings. You can say anything you want.
That's why we made this web page.
We invite invite
anyone*, any organization to
email
us here so that we can co-ordinate and schedule the prayers. You can also tell us what you have in mind. We'll contact
you.
The idea is this: If so many unconventional prayers are given, atheists hope that County Councils will soon realize that it's just too uncomfortable. If this works, we will have the recipe to stop this praying business in government! Think about it!
