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Stewie Donating Member (244 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-19-07 10:18 AM
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73. Hyperbole much?
It's not "mandating prayer." No one is forcing people to recite Christian prayers, or any prayers. It's just a moment of silence that allows everyone to reflect on what religious views, pro or con, they have.

The First Amendment just states Congress can't declare any one denomination the "offical" American church whose operations are funded by tax money, like the English did. It isn't a declaration of jihad against public statements of faith, or of lack of faith.

I swear this board is starting to read like a mental health chat room. Just spend your moment of silence reading a pamphlet on evolution. Heck, I'd spend mine reading the Archaeology magazine article on Lucy.
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