tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3295297961169603838.post6538745085850597703..comments2024-03-27T09:32:51.954-07:00Comments on Dialogue & Discourse: a blog by Donna Halper: How Shall We Pray? And Where?Donna Halperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08709120386388369898noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3295297961169603838.post-84258999225163823042022-07-02T10:43:02.610-07:002022-07-02T10:43:02.610-07:00Well said, Donna. I’m right there with the previou...Well said, Donna. I’m right there with the previous 4 comments. Thanks, as always!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3295297961169603838.post-37045540232886856232022-07-02T08:57:34.664-07:002022-07-02T08:57:34.664-07:00I agree with your view in your post. What is mind ...I agree with your view in your post. What is mind boggling to me is that this case went all the way to the Supreme Court. Why? Did we need to really establish that Christian prayer is allowed on a personal level during a public event? I’m a Christian, but I don’t think it’s appropriate for anyone to be subversively forced to participate in prayer of any kind. I believe, ultimately, this is what this judgment calls for. It is very disheartening.Monica Reyesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3295297961169603838.post-6616041714289314332022-07-02T06:14:21.874-07:002022-07-02T06:14:21.874-07:00I believe that if people can perform acts that can...I believe that if people can perform acts that can be construed as racist on the field, then this coach can pray. I am not a Christian or anything else. I do not believe in a god. In fact, I was once called for jury duty and refused to agree to the oath that ended with "so help you god". So if some irrelevant coach at some nothing high school in nowhere UISA wants to pray, it doesn't affect me at all, so let him. I also am of the mindset that if any "it" doesn't happen within the confines of my yard, I just don't care. You do you. Christian, Jewish, gay, straight, racist... whatever. It's not my role here to try to change you.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05158253651710641521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3295297961169603838.post-59782706222794416562022-07-01T14:07:17.045-07:002022-07-01T14:07:17.045-07:00Excellent blog. I've decided to pretty much li...Excellent blog. I've decided to pretty much live and let live, but as you point out so well, many people don't follow that. In the words of Neil Peart: "Conform or be cast out." It's so sad that our society has not evolved past that. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3295297961169603838.post-89133295890184060282022-07-01T09:52:58.543-07:002022-07-01T09:52:58.543-07:00I am a Christian, and I agree completely with your...I am a Christian, and I agree completely with your statements above. If Christians (or adherents of any spiritual or ethical tradition, really) would like to "let their light shine" publicly, the best thing they can do is simply comport themselves in a way that demonstrates charity and compassion for their fellow humans. Public grandstanding that intimidates and alienates others, does neither.Penny Pnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3295297961169603838.post-23532470093669134102022-07-01T09:50:03.817-07:002022-07-01T09:50:03.817-07:00I am familiar with this practice of doing post-gam...I am familiar with this practice of doing post-game prayer in a circle following football game, but only in the context of the Christian school, some of whose players' parents were friends of mine. The team would pray after every game, certainly when they played other Christian schools, but also public schools, and almost without exception, all players joined, perhaps out of peer pressure. I seem to recall a couple kids not joining and walking towards the locker room or bus. I am amazed that the coach at a public school thought this would be OK, UNLESS this is in a district where many, many people are likeminded, of the demographic that finds it perfect acceptable. Bremerton is right across Puget Sound from Seattle. It is a naval town, that is 74 percent white, 7.5 pct African-American, 5.5 Asian. For a town and school the size of Bremerton High, just under 2,000 grades 9-12, that probably fits the bill. But for a Supreme Court that, ostensibly, considers greater society as a whole, over the rights of just one, or one group of people, this is shocking, part of a swath of shockingly partisan decisions in the last week and a half. Happy 4th Weekend, Donna! Brian Mortensennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3295297961169603838.post-83362601425693231602022-07-01T09:06:39.888-07:002022-07-01T09:06:39.888-07:00Yes I agree with you Donna you should be able to a...Yes I agree with you Donna you should be able to act as per your culture and be respected as per and not be ridiculed because of this. We are a diversified country so we should respect each owns cultural heritage.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com