YOu are correctly suggesting whay my reaction to it should or could be. I agree with you.
There remains a question, why should I be compelled in the first place. Why is it is possible for thousands of chaplains, ministers and priests to find prayers that are Christian and yet to do alienate other denomination of Cristianity, Jews, Muslims, or Hindu? As I said on this thread before, I myself participated in many inter-religiosu services, and has never had any problems. Were the priests adn ministers officiating there selling out Christianity? Nonsense.
All this is much simpler than most make it: we all know that we have to speak the truth, but it does not mean that we have to speak all of the truth and all the time (sometimes we can be silent). Same here: there are many components to your faith and, if you do not brign them all at once, you are not betraying your faith. That's all.
Now, if you choose to read in this that someone is making you a non-Christian, then you are correct in taking offesne. BUt that assumption is simply wrong.
It comes down to this...I believe a Christian has the right to make a Christian prayer EVEN in public. If a Rabbi had said " in the Messiah's name, we say "Amen"", I would not join in (as he is speaking to, about, a being which I have no interaction with) but I wouldn't be offended and assume that Jews were the only people he was including in his prayer.
As long as there are opportunities for Jewish prayer, Christian prayer, Muslim prayer, whatever prayer, I think we are being fair and inclusive of all peoples and THAT is what our Constitution compells us to do. It isn't clear in this case that there are any Jewish led invocations at all. THAT is wrong, IMO. If all types of religions cannot be represented then it is wrong to represent ONLY one.