No liberal ever wanted to deny that right. What they objected to was that prayer being a required part of the procedings and sanctioned by the governmental entitiy.
Put yourself for just a second into a group where you don't believe the religion of the majority and see if you can understand the feeling and coersion of everyone around you being led in prayer by some authority figure. Yeah, the rule could be that any participant could opt out but that would be like shining a spotlight on them. It's real easy for you to be at ease with this when you fit right in with the majority.
If you want to pray in a public place, go for it. Our Constitution has no problem with that. However, if you're the teacher to my children in a public school and start doing that out loud in front of my child, we have a fight on our hands.
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Right of prayer in the public space
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- Thoughts on a quiet night
- Matthew 6: 5-6 (n/t)
- re: Thoughts on a quiet night
- Maybe they just want to clean things up for their children.