Wiccan can't give invocation at county meetings - WTF? [View All]

[UdoKier]

Fist of all, I can't understand why there is a need for a religious invocation at any kind of government function, but IF THERE MUST BE...


Shouldn't a Wiccan be just as entitled as any one else under the constitution to give it?

http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD/MGArticle/RTD_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031782159571

Court rules against Wiccan

It says Chesterfield meets requirements for legislative prayer

MEREDITH BONNY

TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITER

Apr 15, 2005

The federal appeals court in Richmond ruled yesterday that the Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors can exclude a member of the Wiccan faith from giving invocations at county meetings.

But Wiccan priestess Cynthia Simpson said she intends to renew her appeal in the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

"I'm eager to appeal," Simpson said. "The ACLU is eager to appeal. We still think we're right."


It would be so much more simple if they just kept ALL religious mumbo-jumbo out of government meetings in the first place. What purpose does it serve?