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| A meeting of the Chicago City Council from the Chicago Tribune. |
meetings was to be continued…even if
the prayers were predominantly Christian. They lend a sense of "gravitas" says one justice. My colleague, Joe, says basically they made prayer the jewelry of Lady Justice. I believe it is faux jewelry at that.
I think the world of faith, regardless of the religion or denomination should refuse to ever pray at a guvment meeting' EVER…period!
The reduction of the practice of prayer to "lending gravitas" is a frightening emasculation of a profound practice. In the name of preserving faith, the court has, in fact, removed all semblance of real faith and practice. A prayer is not a decoration or a means to quiet the crowd so they don't miss any of the politician's rhetoric.
A prayer is a powerful, subversive force to bring us closer to the Kingdom of God (at least for those of us who practice the Christian and Jewish faith traditions).
Let the prayers continue. Let Lady Justice find her own cheap jewelry.
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