Posted by
Billy on Friday, May 27, 2011 9:14:52 PM
The nation's agency for
military veterans has agreed to stay out of religious refereeing for now,
backing down from its attempt to tell a minister how to craft a prayer for a
Memorial Day invocation.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Fred
Hindrichs told federal District Judge Lynn Hughes that the U.S. Department of
Veterans Affairs will not demand that Memorial Day prayers at Houston National
Cemetery Monday be as non-denominational as possible.
"(The agency) will let the
prayer go on this Monday," Hindrichs told Hughes.
The change of heart came one
day after the judge granted the Rev. Scott Rainey a temporary restraining order
against the agency after officials told the pastor to edit his prayer to make it
as general and non-denominational as possible. Rainey's prayer, submitted for
review at the agency's request included the recitation of the Lord's Prayer and
thanked Jesus Christ, the Christian savior, in closing.
"The ... prayer/message is
specific to one belief," wrote Arleen Ocasio, director of the Houston National
Cemetery.
"I've never said a prayer in
my life that didn't end with Jesus Christ," Rainey said after Friday's hearing.
"It was unrealistic expectation for me not to include the name of Jesus
Christ." (Judge
orders Veterans cemetery to allow Jesus... )
(Billy's Thoughts>>>>
So leaders of our great nation don't want people of faith being able to pray in Jesus. Prayer is talking to God it is not a thing to be opened minded about or PC about.)