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LINK With the Lemon Test gone, a police-led prayer vigil may be legal again

The Supreme Court’s decision to gut the Lemon Test may lead to a government-sponsored Christian prayer vigil being declared legal. More specifically, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has vacated an earlier (sensible) decision that respected church/state separation. What happens now is anyone’s guess.

This saga began in 2014, when Greg Graham, chief of the Ocala Police Department in Florida, posted an unusual letter to the department’s Facebook page. Co-signed by community development director for the Ocala/Marion County Family YMCA Narvella Haynes, the letter called for public prayer after a particularly troubling string of crimes in which children were injured: ...

snytiger6 9 July 25
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Easier to prey...er pray than actually find solutions to hazards, such as Kalashnikovs in the hands of our burgeoning mental health victims.

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There goes the neighborhood 😐

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Bet they won’t stop when the crime rate continues to rise. Nothing fails like prayer and the faithful cling to that as the only resource they have. Because anything else would actually require thought and action.

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