[Illbay]

There is no requirement for our elected officials to suppress thier opinions!

They must remain neutral with respect to religion. To do otherwise is to abrogate their duties under the Constitution.

[An.American.Expatriate]

The Constitution does not require an elected official to be "neutral" to religion! It states that the CONGRESS may not pass a law regarding it! This is what I said as well to your "quibble / quabble". You state repeatedly that the First Amendment applies to the reprentative himself (or the police etc. on the other thread). This is not true! It applies solely to the legislature as a prohibition.

[skeeter]

If she chose not to attend, and did NOT walk out during the prayer, then I apologize to her.

Unbelievable.

I guess for some folks any kind of attention is better than no attention...