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To: Neocon who wrote (42389)	6/28/1999 3:28:00 AM
From: Dayuhan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

The point has been made before, but a funeral service is a private affair, even when politicians and media are present, and attendance is voluntary. Inclusion of prayer is not a violation of anyone's rights. Politicians of any ideology are as free to pray as anyone else, we may think them hypocrites, but that is hardly an occasion for ACLU involvement. Many deeply religious people are fervent believers in the separation of church and state; there is no contradiction between praying publicly and opposing the intrusion of religion into publicly funded activities. When the prayers of a single denomination become part of a publicly supported activity, like school, that is a very different case. When the activity is compulsory, like school, that exacerbates the differences. This is something the ACLU and anyone who respects the Constitution would and should protest heartily.