> Several suggestions that surpass the sense of humor associated with idiot cults.
Indeed. That's why many of the whiners (those who would leave the room when someone not of their religion gets up to speak) simply wouldn't understand.
And that's what'd make it even *funnier.* Few things funnier than a holier-than-thou boob being mocked and not getting it.
> the Board could pass a rule stipulating that the invocation be no longer than 2 minutes or so
Why 2 minutes? 2 seconds would be better. They are there to do a job, not hold a prayer meeting.
Except a crackpot crystal-worshipping faddist getting up to prove a point to rows of empty chairs.
Why 2 minutes? 2 seconds would be better. They are there to do a job, not hold a prayer meeting.
For the same reason our coinage bears the motto "In God We Trust" and our national anthem includes the phrase "this heaven-rescued land." For the same reason our framing document is written "with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence." For the same reason the Ten Commandments are chiseled in stone in the chambers of the Supreme Court. We ask God -- the real God, not this week's flavor -- to guide His fallible creations in the work they're about to undertake.
We're a Christain nation. Get over it.