The SCOTUS decision yesterday concerning ceremonial prayer in the town of Greece was a good decision for several reasons. 1. It did not elevate non-faith above faith. 2. Kennedy -- Government may not mandate a civic religion that stifles any but the most generic reference to the sacred any more than it may prescribe a religious orthodoxy. 3.The First Amendment is not a majority rule, and government may not seek to define permissible categories of religious speech. Once it invites prayer into the public sphere, government must permit a prayer giver to address his or her own God or gods as conscience dictates, unfettered by what an administrator or judge considers to be nonsectarian. (p. 14)
Posted on: Tue, 06 May 2014 14:21:23 +0000
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