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Topic: Well here you go. Praying 'In Jesus Name' To Be Outlawed?
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Miguel
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Jeremiah 4:22 For my people [is] foolish, they have not known me; they [are] sottish children, and they have none understanding: they [are] wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
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Romans 9:11-24
Our Eschatology may vary even our Ecclesiology may be disputed among us but our Soteriology most assume a singularity and exclusivity which in biblical term is known as Quote; "The Narrow Way" and Quote!
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Kindgo
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'Sectarian comments' dispute may go to U.S. Supreme Court
by Andy Butcher
The name of Jesus is set to replace the Ten Commandments as the new focal point for church-state clashes at city halls.
While public displays of God's laws on civic property have been the center of constitutional disputes for the last couple of years, attention seems set to switch to local authorities' pre-meeting public prayers.
The debate has been sparked in California, where city councils have been trying to figure out how to ensure the name of Jesus is not invoked, following a state appeals court ruling that lets stand a ban on sectarian comments.
Several cities are set to back the city of Burbank, should it decide to go to the U.S. Supreme Court over a ruling that has barred prayers in the name of Jesus, on the grounds that it violated the constitutionally required separation of church and state.
Burbank mayor David Laurell told "The Orange County Register" the lawsuit "has already had statewide impact and could have nationwide impact ." He added: "I'm all for invocations that are all-inclusive, but I don't want me or anybody else to tell people that it has to be that way."
In Fullerton, the city attorney has advised that invocations can be opened to "Our Heavenly Father," but should end only with "amen" and no mention of Jesus, the newspaper said.
John Mastrogiovanni, president of the Monrovia Ministerial Association and pastor of Jesus is Lord Christian Center, told "The Pasadena Star-News" the issue did not just affect Christians. "In the name of not being offensive to others it's also saying now you can't be who you are. That's like saying if you're black, don't be black anymore because that offends me."
In Temple City, mayor Kenneth Gillanders said that religious leaders invited to open meetings with prayer could continue to do so how they wanted. "Frankly, we're a little reluctant to have somebody force their views on us," he told the "Star-News." "It's strange to pick out [invocations] when we have 'Under God' stamped on our coins. It's part of the litigious society we're in."
Some evangelical churches have withdrawn from giving invocations because of the ban on using Jesus' name, "The San Gabriel Valley News" reported. Among them is Ron Sukut, who pastors Cornerstone Community Church in San Clemente.
He told the "Register": "This is indicative of how confused we are, spiritually speaking, about what God is. I think we have a constitutional right to choose which God we're praying to. Taking that right away is what's unconstitutional."
The issue has also surfaced in the Maryland state Senate, after three pre-meeting prayers were given in Jesus' name last week, "The Baltimore Sun" reported. "There are numerous faiths represented in the General Assembly, and in recognition of that...the prayers that are said...should be as neutral in terms of their reference to a particular god as they can be," said Sen. Sharon M. Grosfeld, D-Montgomery County, who is Jewish.
Meanwhile, Colorado's State Board of Education has ended its pre-meeting public prayers, after a request from Jewish member Evie Hudak. "It's just not the kind of situation I felt comfortable with," she said, "The Denver Post" reported.
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Kindgo
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