Posted on 05/20/2013 6:11:46 PM PDT by Chaps
The U.S. Supreme Court just announced it will hear in October 2013 the case Galloway v. Greece, concerning freedom of speech and legislative prayer.
In 2008 two Greece residents, Susan Galloway and Linda Stephens, filed suit against the town alleging that the town’s habit of having explicitly Christian prayers delivered prior to board meetings flouted the First Amendment. In August 2012, U.S. District Court Judge Charles Siragusa disagreed, ruling that prayers in Jesus’ name were not a violation of the U.S. Constitution.
But a three-judge panel of the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in May 2012 overturned Siragusa’s decision and said the town’s habit of inviting clergy from only churches in Greece indeed could be construed as government endorsement of a particular religion. Houses of worship in Greece are almost exclusively Christian.
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What seems to have caused you to excerpt your own blog?
The Supreme Court of the United States does not decide for me whether or not I can pray anywhere in Jesus’ name.
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
How is a town council acting as Congress making a law?
“Dr. Chaps” earned his PhD in Theology at Regent University, is an Air Force Academy graduate, motivational speaker and is the former U.S. Navy Chaplain who made national headlines after being vindicated by Congress, when he took a stand for the rights of military chaplains to pray publicly “in Jesus’ name.”
By sacrificing his own 16-year career and a million dollar pension, by demanding his own court martial for the “crime” of worshiping in public, he inspired 300,000 petitioners, 85 percent of polled voters, 35 pro-family groups, and 75 Congressmen who mobilized to overturn the national military “non-sectarian prayer” policy, restoring the rights of military chaplains of all faiths to pray publicly, in uniform, according to the dictates of their conscience, even if they pray “in Jesus’ name.”
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God bless him.
Just sayin'.
Ping!
It is absolutely incredible how powerful the name Jesus Christ is... Just His name- alone sets fear and trembling in people’s hearts.
Thanks, good post.
ABOUT CHAPLAIN GORDEN KLINGENSCHMITT…
“Dr. Chaps” earned his PhD in Theology at Regent University, is an Air Force Academy graduate, motivational speaker and is the former U.S. Navy Chaplain who made national headlines after being vindicated by Congress, when he took a stand for the rights of military chaplains to pray publicly “in Jesus’ name.”
By sacrificing his own 16-year career and a million dollar pension, by demanding his own court martial for the “crime” of worshiping in public, he inspired 300,000 petitioners, 85 percent of polled voters, 35 pro-family groups, and 75 Congressmen who mobilized to overturn the national military “non-sectarian prayer” policy, restoring the rights of military chaplains of all faiths to pray publicly, in uniform, according to the dictates of their conscience, even if they pray “in Jesus’ name.”
READ CHAPLAIN KLINGENSCHMITT’S FULL BIO HERE:
http://prayinjesusname.org/invite-speaker
Thanks!
Abundant blessings!
We shall pray!
More like "fear and loathing" to a lot of liberals.
That’s all quite impressive but it fails to answer the question of why he’s found it needful to excerpt his own blog.
Oh for cryin outloud!
Just say “God”...THAt way we won’t have to include alternating Muzzie prayers!
Really? You seem to be having trouble understanding messaging, right?
>>Just say “God”...THAt way we won’t have to include alternating Muzzie prayers!
God isn’t good enough for the muzzies. You have to give a shout-out to the black rock by name.
Very interesting.... I never knew such a case was being brought...
I remember (first in Civil Air Patrol and later in the Navy—and the latter was only at squadron events or when a religious Christian member of my crew wanted to say a prayer)...I remember feeling out of place whenever anyone would conclude “...in Jesus’ name.” I wasn’t even a religious Jew at the time.
Now (Orthodox) I wouldn’t lunge for the microphone or anything, but I would prefer if at the outset, a prayer leader in a civic or military setting (school sports team, whatever...) would remain generically Monotheistic and not “Christian” (ie, in Jesus’ name.) I admit it’s a natural bedrock position for Jews.
[Note: by mentioning Orthodoxy, I want to stress that in general, Jews want non-Jews to believe in G-d. In fact, it’s a commandment for Jews to “preach” G-d-centeredness in everyone’s life (though not to seek to convert...)]
And without having delved into the sides of the case (let he who has read all of both sides cast the first e-stone) my first thoughts are— The Constitution is generically Monotheistic is it not? Is there a reason for it? (yeah yeah, the “the Founders were only Deists....” but that’s usually a lib tact. Does anyone have deck-plate history on it?)
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