the politics of prayer29 Aug 05
Posted by M. Wright | Filed in: Uncategorized
These days, you can be a media hero(ine) if you stage an anti-war “prayer vigil” for the troops.
But if you happen to be in the military, you are now discouraged from public prayer.
And if you’re a Supreme Court nominee who at one time defended a law allowing a public moment of silence (see item #5), you’re suspect.
August 30th, 2005 at 12:47 pm
And those are all good things.
August 30th, 2005 at 12:59 pm
So it’s good to hold a prayer vigil, but it’s not ok to defend them, and it’s good to pray for the military in public, unless you’re actually in the military?