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Originally Posted by MS Fowler
...Someone offering a prayer at a HS graduation service will NOT do irreparable harm to a non-religious person in the audience.
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I generally do not like slippery slope arguments, but the HS graduation scenario might be a good place to apply that principle. If we are going to allow someone to pray to Jesus at a government-sponsored event, then don't we have to give equal time to voodoo priests, atheists, and everything else anyone can think of?
In many communities a prayer to Jesus would be just the right thing at that sort of event, but I don't think the government can sponsor it.