The debate is about whether there should be prayer recited before meetings of the Town Board in Greece, N.Y. Two town residents, Susan Galloway and Linda Stephens, sued the town of Greece because they were required to sit through Christian prayer in order to attend meetings. The prayer was offered exclusively by Christians and this had been going on since 1999.
"It's very divisive when you bring government into religion," Stephens told CNN from her home. "I don't believe in God, and Susan is Jewish, so to hear these ministers talk about Jesus and even have some of them who personally question our motives, it's just not appropriate." link
In my opinion, I don’t think that it is fair to pick one religion and make everyone sit through a prayer when they aren't even a part of that religion. People need to remember that not everyone in America is Christian.
Today in Class, we experienced only a fraction of what the people that are involved in this case are dealing with and it was uncomfortable for not only myself but for a lot of the other students as well. I think it is disrespectful to others who aren't Christian; therefore everyone should just keep their religions to themselves and practice in their own home or on their own time, where they won’t have to force it upon others. Either they should take all religions into account or none at all.
“Greece is being backed by the Obama administration and many social and religious conservative groups in arguing that the court settled this issue 30 years ago when it held that an opening prayer is part of the nation's fabric and not a violation of the First Amendment. Some of those groups want the court to go further and get rid of legal rules that tend to rein in religious expression in the public sphere.” link
"It's very divisive when you bring government into religion," Stephens told CNN from her home. "I don't believe in God, and Susan is Jewish, so to hear these ministers talk about Jesus and even have some of them who personally question our motives, it's just not appropriate." link
In my opinion, I don’t think that it is fair to pick one religion and make everyone sit through a prayer when they aren't even a part of that religion. People need to remember that not everyone in America is Christian.
Today in Class, we experienced only a fraction of what the people that are involved in this case are dealing with and it was uncomfortable for not only myself but for a lot of the other students as well. I think it is disrespectful to others who aren't Christian; therefore everyone should just keep their religions to themselves and practice in their own home or on their own time, where they won’t have to force it upon others. Either they should take all religions into account or none at all.
“Greece is being backed by the Obama administration and many social and religious conservative groups in arguing that the court settled this issue 30 years ago when it held that an opening prayer is part of the nation's fabric and not a violation of the First Amendment. Some of those groups want the court to go further and get rid of legal rules that tend to rein in religious expression in the public sphere.” link
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