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To: joesnuffy
"I'm shocked by the response. I've never had this happen in 26 years," Hughes told the Frederick News-Post. "It just makes me feel that they've taken away my right as an American to pray, and this is the seat of government, and that's scary."

Obviously this jackass doesn't know too many Jews, if he's never had this happen in 26 years. As a Jew, I've run into this on a significant number of occassions, and I can tell you that it's quite alienating and irritating.

His insistence that he must close a supposedly "ecumenical" invocation with "In Jesus' name, Amen" simply indicates that he doesn't understand the meaning of the world.

Crying "censorship" is just a big steaming heap of bull. If he doesn't want to give an ecumenical invocation, he's welcome to not do so in the Statehouse.

12 posted on 04/04/2003 2:59:26 PM PST by mvpel (Michael Pelletier)
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To: mvpel
excuse me who is crying?

It is government that is NOT to establish a religion.

15 posted on 04/04/2003 3:05:51 PM PST by Just mythoughts
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