Federal Judge Prohibits Prayer at Texas Graduation Ceremony

[August]

Originally Posted by mookiemookie

States cannot pass unconstitutional laws. Supremacy Clause. This is Civics 101.

Then every gun control law ever passed is just as unconstitutional.

[tater]

Originally Posted by August

Then every gun control law ever passed is just as unconstitutional.

Yes to both.

Jefferson described his Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom as a "wall of separation," and this statute informed the 1st Amendment. It was a good idea then, and it remains a good idea.

Like it or not, any sanction given a Christian prayer (or even "nondenominational" prayer), must also be given to any other prayer that anyone wishes to speak. The state cannot judge between them. It could be blessings upon the graduates one minute, and telling muslim grads to smite infidels the next. Better to disallow both, and keep them where they remain, in the private sphere.

[razark]

Originally Posted by tater

Like it or not, any sanction given a Christian prayer (or even "nondenominational" prayer), must also be given to any other prayer that anyone wishes to speak. The state cannot judge between them. It could be blessings upon the graduates one minute, and telling muslim grads to smite infidels the next. Better to disallow both, and keep them where they remain, in the private sphere.

This. Exactly this.