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Maryland county quits reciting Lord's Prayer before meetings after atheist group protests

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A county government in Maryland has announced that it will quit reciting the Lord’s Prayer at the start of meetings following a complaint from an atheist legal group.

The Wicomico County Council decided last week to discontinue its practice of having a biblical invocation, citing concerns about the potential for expensive litigation.

“This decision was made by Council President John T. Cannon after receiving legal guidance indicating that the United States District Court for Maryland and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit have ruled against council-led sectarian prayer,” stated county officials, according to CBS News affiliate WBOC.

“Legal counsel advised that any challenge to this precedent would likely require litigation through the U.S. Supreme Court level, with no reasonable expectation of success in the Maryland courts or Fourth Circuit.”

The Christian Post reached out to the Wicomico County Council for this report, however a response wasn't provided by press time.

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Maryland county quits reciting Lord's Prayer before meetings after atheist group protests

A county government in Maryland has announced that it will stop reciting the Lord s Prayer at the start of meetings following a complaint from an atheist legal group
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Well of course. If the social norms allow for pluralistic beliefs. Then it logically follows that while a particular reference to a particular belief may be held or practiced. So long as no one objects.

But once they object then the practice is brought into dispute and has to cease.

It begs the question as to what if someone disagrees with the atheist ? Do they then get to restore the Lords prayer ? Or can another belief trump both the atheist and Christian beliefs and demand their belief be taken on for a year. So they get a turn as well ?
 
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MATTHEW 6

1 “Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in Heaven

2 “So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full.

3 But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hands doing,

4 so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

5 “And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full.

6 But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

7 And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words.

8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him

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Where in the Bible is there support for "ROTE PRAYER?"
 
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stevevw said:
If the social norms allow for pluralistic beliefs. Then it logically follows that while a particular reference to a particular belief may be held or practiced. So long as no one objects.
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No, that's not the law of our land. It's pretty clear:
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 14th Amendment put state governments under the same restrictions, effectively prohibiting any support or suppression of any religion whatever by any government entity. Hence, students may gather on their own in private places in public schools to pray, but the administration cannot in any way organize such activity. No exceptions for "well no one complained."

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It begs the question as to what if there is someone disagrees with the atheist. Do they then get to restore the Lords prayer.
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No, but if the government were to declare that there is no God, that would be illegal under the Constitution, and one could sue to stop it.
 
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