Posted by Tina
There are a handful of midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy, according to the ACLU, who object to prayer being served up with their mid-day meal:
The American Civil Liberties Union is threatening to sue the U.S. Naval Academy unless it abolishes its daily lunchtime prayer, saying that some midshipmen have felt pressured to participate. In a letter to the Naval Academy, Deborah Jeon, legal director for the ACLU of Maryland, said it was “long past time” for the academy to discontinue the tradition. She said the practice violates midshipmen’s freedom. – Jacqueline L. Salmon, The Washington Post
What about the freedom of the several hundred others in the room? At the very least the midshipmen involved in this proposal have been taught to be extremely selfish and ill-mannered. But this is not just about tradition, it is a rabid assault on the Constitution:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
The ongoing attacks on prayer are a wicked betrayal to the very ideal of freedom.