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**alecoplesosse** · 10-27-2011, 07:47 PM

"Now isn't that prohibiting the free exercise of religion when atheists try to stop a prayer before a football game? "

As the saying goes, "Your right to wildly flail your arms ends where my nose begins."

The atheist is NOT prohibiting the free exercise of religion. The atheist is not the state. The state is the one who is infringing on the atheist's right to NOT have a state actor (or someone acting under color of state authority) tell him to "bow your head and prayer for Jesus' blessing."

Except nowhere in the article does it say that the school was forcing people to partake in the prayer. It almost sounds like this person may have just moved to the town which the article says is extremely religious. Just because someone says "bow your head in prayer" over the loudspeaker at a football game doesn't mean you have to do it.

I said this somewhere but at military ceremonies sometimes they say "bow your head" - well I don't. No one punishes me or gives me a counseling. So I don't see where this person at the game was "forced" to participate.

10-27-2011, 07:47 PM	#16
alecoplesosse Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 473 Senior Member	"Now isn't that prohibiting the free exercise of religion when atheists try to stop a prayer before a football game? " As the saying goes, "Your right to wildly flail your arms ends where my nose begins." The atheist is NOT prohibiting the free exercise of religion. The atheist is not the state. The state is the one who is infringing on the atheist's right to NOT have a state actor (or someone acting under color of state authority) tell him to "bow your head and prayer for Jesus' blessing." Except nowhere in the article does it say that the school was forcing people to partake in the prayer. It almost sounds like this person may have just moved to the town which the article says is extremely religious. Just because someone says "bow your head in prayer" over the loudspeaker at a football game doesn't mean you have to do it. I said this somewhere but at military ceremonies sometimes they say "bow your head" - well I don't. No one punishes me or gives me a counseling. So I don't see where this person at the game was "forced" to participate.
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