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Threatened lawsuit over prayer a distraction, but perhaps we can be even more diverse
The Freedom From Religion Foundation of Wisconsin is running to free our City Council meetings from the Christians.
As if the city of Lodi has nothing more to do in the middle of a budget crisis than fight a lawsuit over the fine points of church-state separation.
Of course, this is an unnecessary distraction and an interference by a group of out-of-state extremists in local government — aided by an anonymous local complainant.
But could the council have done better?
What's so hard about making sure someone from the Buddhist church, the Sikh or Jewish temples, or the mosque offers the invocation now and again?
Do we always have to hire lawyers to settle every point of principle?
— The Lodi News-Sentinel

Reader Feedback
accountable wrote on Jun 4, 2009 12:38 AM:
Someone needs to prey for these people we have elected into office. "
Gator wrote on Jun 3, 2009 1:26 PM:
new2cali wrote on Jun 2, 2009 8:38 AM:
educator wrote on Jun 1, 2009 2:52 PM:
Stella wrote on Jun 1, 2009 7:09 AM:
davidd wrote on May 31, 2009 2:50 PM:
Think of the time it would save, in both the meetings themselves and whoever does the scheduling.
And anyone who takes offence to the change will have a taste of how it feels to be a non-Christian or non-believer sitting through one of these invocations. "
yeah you wrote on May 31, 2009 11:27 AM:
dogbark wrote on May 30, 2009 8:49 PM:
wtf wrote on May 30, 2009 11:39 AM:
I don't think God would mind. LOL! The idea is "spirituality" rather than dogma or religion, and if you see God as the top of the mountain, then Judaism, Islam, Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, etc. are all the different roads that lead to the top.
Different paths....same goal. "
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