Did a Georgia House prayer violate the Constitution?

[Judi Lynn]

AJC Politics March 28, 2019
By Greg Bluestein

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The House chaplain of the day, Doyle Kelley, was fraught with emotion throughout his 10-minute prayer on Tuesday. It was the one-year anniversary of his heart attack. And he was overcome with pride at his son, state Rep. Trey Kelley, a Cedartown Republican who introduced him. Much like other opening prayers, Kelley quoted from the Bible and invoked Jesus Christ. But it was near the end of his sermon when he ventured into searing territory:

“The command is there: Do all in the name of Jesus Christ. People always ask me, ‘Why are there so many lost people in the state of Georgia?’

“The statistics came out that there’s 70 percent of the people in the state of Georgia that are lost. That are lost. Seventy percent. There are over 10 million people in the state of Georgia. That means there are 7 million people lost.

“Now you want to hear it in Baptist terms: Seven million people that are lost are dying and on their way to Hell. That’s what that means.”

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[FiveGoodMen]

1. SO!

He can't be saying that 70% of Georgians are non-Christian.

He can ONLY be saying that anyone not in HIS denomination is lost and going to hell.

[Beakybird]

2. Nutso.

[amb123]

3. Yes it did. Period.

And so did this "prayer":

[Judi Lynn]

5. Amazingly stupid and obnoxious.Embarrassed just hearing it. Loved the nudge from the guy to STFU.n/t

[SCantiGOP]

4. Either laugh at them

Or walk out.
I refuse to participate anymore in “polite” prayer by sitting silently. People have no more right to force their religious views on me than I do to tell them to abandon their religion.