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William Trollinger's avatar

Well said, Brian and Beau. And thanks for upholding the traditional Baptist position on the separation of church and state.

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Deborah L Detering's avatar

If they truly believe what they decided, then Muslim or any other religious affiliation is also eligible, and they should be. As it is, I suspect there would be a fuss if a school were to use prayers from my Episcopal Prayer Book instead of the spontaneous prayers offered by the big-box evangelicals, or maybe Roman Catholic prayers, considering the faith of some of the justices--at least the preachers in those churches would not want their children exposed to my form of prayer. Maybe the Mormons have enough clout to use theirs... I just hope--and suspect--my church will have nothing to do with State support. State-connected "Christians" supported Hitler and Stalin...

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