homerfobe wrote: "B is right, to an extent. You can still pray to Jesus, you just can't say his name out loud in a public place. That's what offends the Obama-ites, the ACLU, the liberals, Muslims, Jews,........."
O Really wrote: "Of course you can say Jesus' name in public. I call my landscape guy all the time. But past that, if you want to mention the other Jesus in public, of course any private citizen not at work on his government job can do that too."
You're both right....and wrong, "to an extent". Yes, you can still pray, and you can say His name in public. What the above mentioned groups get upset about is when you end prayer "in Jesus' name" or mention Jesus' name in a public prayer. Examples are the recent hullaballoos of local commissioners meetings, high school sporting events, and a few other public functions. The Jewish rabbi here was insulted by the ending of prayers in Jesus' name; the ACLU jumps on high school prayer at sporting events like a duck on a June-bug, threatening lawsuits and other deathly retribution (
) for such behavior.
O Really wrote: "Of course I understand Mr.B's meaning. But he's wrong. He has long claimed restrictions on prayer that simply aren't there. He has a bias against the ACLU such that he doesn't even acknowledge them when they're on his side."
There's not many times the ACLU is "on the side" of religion. The civil liberties of Christians are far less important to the ACLU as anti-religious groups.....
so....there's not that much to acknowledge.
........whut??
