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Originally Posted by MarchHare
It's a tough spot for them, but their only real option would have been to cut her mic and reiterate that public prayers are not permitted for legal reasons. If they were really bright, they could have followed it up with, "However, for those students and their families and friends who wish to join in a declaration of our Christian faith, there will be an optional prayer session held at XYZ church following the graduation ceremony."
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I guess...just dont see how that would at all be practical is all.
I believe that the thing was probably known by the school all along..and whatever the case those people, particularly the few hundred in the stands, were saying something one way or another. Now even if the mic gets yanked...the prayer is still going on...now what?
See this was kind of what I have been trying to get at all along. They were gonna see this happen regardless...and when thsi thing gained as much traction as it did, it was going to go ahead with even more determination. All of it could have been avoided, i think we can all agree on that, but yes the kid would have had to sit and listen to a prayer of some sort...which ended up happening anyhow.
My whole "idea" on these things is more a live and let live kind of thing. get along with everyone even if means compromising for a few minutes...because as it turned out, he was still subjected to it ( as predicted) and now has all these issues to deal with in his life.
Now it looks like he is getting a nice college fund started through the generosity of people and ceratinly has a large network of support (including his brother which is huge considering the whole "mother" issue) so maybe this is a success for him. If so, bravo. If not...well......