VMI ruling heartens liberties group

Washington Times ^ | Thursday, May 1, 2003 | Frank J. Murray

[JohnHuang2]

The decision by a federal appeals court that found "supper prayer" at the Virginia Military Institute violated the Constitution may spell trouble for U.S. military academies, said interest groups who declared victory in the case.

"I really think the logic, the reasoning that the court used, should have an identical application in the military academies," said Rebecca Glenberg, lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia.

[JohnHuang2]

Thursday, May 1, 2003

Quote of the Day by legman

[Dante3]

I hope this gets appealed.

The whiners Neil Mellon and Paul Knick obviously had a wider anti-God agenda when they filed this suit. Mellon is now serving in the Peace Corps in Micronesia and Knick is a Lt. serving at an Air Force base in Lousiana. ("Appeal court upholds ban on VMI prayer" by Matthew Cella, The Washington Times, April 29, 2003, p. B1,2)

I can just see Knick denying a dying soldier the right to pray. What a shame that a whining weakling such as he is allowed to serve in our military.

[Hacksaw]

Don't worry, the atheists will be along soon to say that there is nothing to get upset about, move along. Why, the cadets are still "allowed" to pray on their own. What the atheists have done is prevent another dangerous government establishment of religion (or whatever BS they usually sling).

[Dante3]

In the letters to the editor section ("God and man at VMI" by Samuel R. Lewis, The Washington Times, May 1, 2003) Lewis decries the decision of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals regarding a voluntary recitation of a nonsecterian prayer ("dedicated to giving thanks or asking for God's blessing" or to "give thanks for the love and support of family and friends") and the ruling on banning the Pledge Of Allegiance.

He sees both rulings as seeking to eliminate God from our public insititutions, and both as perverse interpretations of the Constitution. He makes good points.