is there really a law that states it's illegal to lead a prayer? I know a teacher can't stand up in class in lead her class in prayer but in a situation in which all the teachers are christians and they decide to have themselves a prayer meeting in the teacher's lounge before the work day starts....I doubt that's illegal :o
If that's true it's kinda fucked up. A government employee should not be barred from practicing their own religion while on the job as long as it doesn't infringe on anyone else's religious freedom (witnessing someone praying is not infringing upon your rights
at all). Now that being said the difference again lies in that schools are filled with minors while the courtyard in front of the capitol building was chock full of adults that were willingly praying with him.
There is nothing illegal about a government official praying while on the job. And it most certainly
should be allowed because that's what freedom is all about. You know full well that Georgia is a very conservative, religious state. You choose to live among religious people and you have no right forcing them to live by atheist values than they have to force you to live by their values. They are the majority and as long as they're not infringing on any
enumerated rights - which this does not qualify as such - then they have the right to be represented by a politician that is as religious as they are.