Prayer In Government Meetings And Events

[badstar]

What sort of prayers (if any) should be allowed at government meetings? What crosses the line?

Discuss.

Comments

[leiacat.livejournal.com]

Allowed? Silent and personal ones, or at most ones used as a rhetoric device in speechmaking. Any invocation of anything resembling a deity in an organized manner is, or should be, a clear violation of non-establishment of religion.

[smileydee.livejournal.com]

Just like in schools, I wouldn't be comforable with any sort of organized prayer at a government function. That sort of thing seems intrinsically hostile and exclusionary to me. Anyone who wishes to pray can do it on their own or with groups on their own time or do it not as a part of the government function.

[pytheos.livejournal.com]

In government meetings...uhm...none