Will On S.Court Prayer Case | National Catholic Reporter

Will On S.Court Prayer Case | National Catholic Reporter by MSW.  MGB: If town meetings started with distribution of Communion, it would be illegal - probably in Canon law as well. On the same point, if real prayer were offered rather than a brief salute to the univeral idea of God, there would be an issue because real devotion cannot be publicly sponsored.  Essentailly, Kennedy was giving the tradition practice a pass.  If we went with Kagan's ideas, people would begin having prayers and mean them and THAT cannot be done in the civic space.  Note that many such cases of public prayer are not so much devotional (except in times of national tragedy) as homiletic.  It is a way the minister, priest or chaplain can outline the social issues involved and remind the fools in Congress, et al, that God is watching.  Sadly, the Tea Party is often not listening.