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Politics : Bill Clinton Scandal - SANITY CHECK
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To: Bob Lao-Tse who wrote (50392)5/29/1999 11:26:00 AM
From: Neocon  Read Replies (1) of 67261
 
First, most of the people at the ceremony were Christians. Second, usually the Lord's Prayer in its shorter version is not even found offensive by members of the other great monotheistic religions. Third, the young man and the ACLU were not respecting the sensibilities or wishes of the majority, but behaving in a manner bound to give offense for no particular reason except their own hostility to public displays of religion. By no stretch of the imagination could such a benediction be considered "establishment" or "proselytizing". Finally, the young lady was requesting a "moment of silence" as part of a compromise worked out between the ACLU and the administrators, to which no one else was party, and therefore it had no particular relevance to the main issue...
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