Post by PapaEZRA on Jan 18, 2006 4:14:43 GMT -5
"In God We Trust" Fact or fiction?
What is happening to this Government?
"WE hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.."
Indiana Court Upholds Challenge to House’s Exclusionary Sectarian Prayers
INDIANAPOLIS -- U.S. District Court Judge David F. Hamilton today ordered the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Indiana General Assembly to stop permitting sectarian prayers from being offered as part of the official House proceedings.
The Indiana Civil Liberties Union had filed a lawsuit over the practice in May on behalf of a retired Methodist minister, a lobbyist for a statewide Quaker group, and two Roman Catholic residents.
“Today’s decision reaffirms that the Indiana General Assembly belongs to all the people, and a legislative session is the last place where we want people to feel excluded because of their religious faith,” said ICLU Legal Director Kenneth J. Falk.
The court found that the substantial majority of the prayers offered were “explicitly Christian in content,” with 29 of the 45 House prayers transcribed from the 2005 legislative session offered in the name of Jesus.
www.aclu.com/religion/govtfunding/22088prs20051130.html
By the President of the United States of America. a Proclamation.
Whereas it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favor--and whereas both Houses of Congress have by their joint Committee requested me "to recommend to the People of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many signal favors of Almighty God especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness."
George Washington
The Thanksgiving Proclamation
New York, 3 October 1789
gwpapers.virginia.edu/documents/thanksgiving/transcript.html
Never dought the presents of God and Jesus Christ in this goverment.
What is happening to this Government?
"WE hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.."
Indiana Court Upholds Challenge to House’s Exclusionary Sectarian Prayers
INDIANAPOLIS -- U.S. District Court Judge David F. Hamilton today ordered the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Indiana General Assembly to stop permitting sectarian prayers from being offered as part of the official House proceedings.
The Indiana Civil Liberties Union had filed a lawsuit over the practice in May on behalf of a retired Methodist minister, a lobbyist for a statewide Quaker group, and two Roman Catholic residents.
“Today’s decision reaffirms that the Indiana General Assembly belongs to all the people, and a legislative session is the last place where we want people to feel excluded because of their religious faith,” said ICLU Legal Director Kenneth J. Falk.
The court found that the substantial majority of the prayers offered were “explicitly Christian in content,” with 29 of the 45 House prayers transcribed from the 2005 legislative session offered in the name of Jesus.
www.aclu.com/religion/govtfunding/22088prs20051130.html
By the President of the United States of America. a Proclamation.
Whereas it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favor--and whereas both Houses of Congress have by their joint Committee requested me "to recommend to the People of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many signal favors of Almighty God especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness."
George Washington
The Thanksgiving Proclamation
New York, 3 October 1789
gwpapers.virginia.edu/documents/thanksgiving/transcript.html
Never dought the presents of God and Jesus Christ in this goverment.