Federal Judge Prohibits Prayer at Texas Graduation Ceremony

[Castout]

Originally Posted by tater

Anyone pro-prayer at graduation. Would you be cool with next year the prayer done by an imam shouting "alah'u akbar!"? How about some stoner kids that want to do a prayer to satan? How about a polytheist prayer to all the gods? Zeus? Apollo?

Sure why not even praying to satan as long as they don't break the law while praying whatever and however they do it.

Really.

If it's a Muslim community event sure why not an Imam to lead their Muslim community to pray according to Islam tradition even in public venue.

The prayer leader should just say let us now bow our head in prayer according to each of our faith . . . . . . There!! No endorsement to whatever specific religion. And for atheists they just need to be silent as not to disturb those who pray and as a token of respect to other believers as their faith/belief is the nonexistence of God.

There! No one is forced to pray and no one is forced not to pray. Perfect!!

[Platapus]

Originally Posted by Castout

The prayer leader should just say let us now bow our head in prayer according to each of our faith . . . . . . There!! No endorsement to whatever specific religion. And for atheists they just need to be silent as not to disturb those who pray and as a token of respect to other believers as their faith/belief is the nonexistence of God.

There! No one is forced to pray and no one is forced not to pray. Perfect!!

The event leader should just say let us now proceed with the ceremony. There!! No endorsement to whatever specific religion. And for theists, they just need to pray silently as not to disturb those who are there for the ceremony and as a token of respect to the other event participants.

There! No one is forced to pray and no one is forced not to pray. Perfect!!

That's how it should be done.