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To: FJB who wrote (363630)	5/10/2010 9:16:58 AM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 794015

They Can't Pray Before Meals I bet they had a "prayer reader" leading the chant. And that's a "no-no" on this kind of meal. You eat a meal at Salvation Army, you put up with them banging the drum. You eat a government meal, you shouldn't have to put up with a public prayer.

To: FJB who wrote (363630)	5/10/2010 1:54:44 PM
From: Neeka	12 Recommendations Respond to of 794015

I will not cede more power to the state. I will not willingly cede more power to anyone, not to the state, not to General Motors, not to the CIO. I will hoard my power like a miser, resisting every effort to drain it away from me. I will then use my power, as I see fit. I mean to live my life an obedient man, but obedient to God, subservient to the wisdom of my ancestors; never to the authority of political truths arrived at yesterday at the voting booth. Up From Liberalism, William F. Buckley Jr.

To: FJB who wrote (363630)	5/10/2010 4:54:26 PM
From: Elroy	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 794015

On Thursday, the usual open prayer before meals at the center was traded in for a moment of silence. ........... "It was one of the hardest things I ever did as mayor is to look those people in the eyes and ask them to be patient with me and honor their God in a moment of silence until I can have a resolution to this," Jones said. "For me to look at their eyes and tell them they can't thank God for their food, it's unheard of - I can't take it." Those two sentences make the situtation unclear. Did this center used to have a usual moment of prayer, when all the attendees were told "now is the time to pray", and everyone waited to eat, and that "sscheduled group moment" has been cancelled (an organized mandatory prayer time)? Or were they really told they can't thank God for their food? The second option sounds impossible, you can can't stop an individual from praying to his God before eating his food.