Comments by "craxd1" (@craxd1) on "Texas judge under fire for offering prayer in the courtroom" video.

  1. The Wisconsin group are liars. The Constitution does not specifically state that there is to be a separation of church and state. The 1st amendment states that congress shall make no laws for or against religion. The Supreme court has always cited a letter, from Thomas Jefferson, which states that the 1st amendment was designed to place a wall between church and state, and that has not been upheld in every case. I think the Judge needs to counter sue, and bring a a SLAPP suit against the Wisconsin atheists. Anyone can leave, when a prayer is performed, as they are not forced to participate in a court room.
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  2. Michael Goolsby The litigants can stand in front of the judge, and plug their ears with their fingers, if they want. As a matter of fact, the litigants do not have to bow their head, nor even recognize the prayer. Those on the other side of the bar can walk out. What would be unlawful, (if a law exists), is if the officers of the court forced everyone to participate in the prayer.
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  3. terry fuckwitt A judge, residing over a lawful US court, has the right to pray if he wants. It does not mean that the litigants, nor anyone else in the court room, must follow the judge or participate in the prayer. There are no laws banning that, as it would be unconstitutional to do so. A law could be written banning it, but that does not make it constitutional, and it can be challenged in a federal court. If prayer were forced upon the litigants, their attorneys, or upon those across the bar, by the officers of the court, (literally forced to participate in the prayer itself), then there would be a case for a suit.
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  4. terry fuckwitt If a hypothetical situation arose, where I was in a court, and the elected Judge was a Muslim, who prayed, then that is him. It would not really bother me much, and even though I'm not a member of Islam, I wouldn't sue the man over it. As long as I wasn't forced to bow and pray with him, then it would not bother me. I pray to God, the creator, how I want, so the Judges way does not bother me. Forcing beliefs on someone does. To me, the atheists are trying to force their beliefs, using the courts, when the Judge is not. Another example are the ten commandments, (ten sacred laws). Those "commandments" are not actually from God, as the Jews claim, but come from much older laws, written by ancient kings, with the earliest known example being over 1200 years older than Judaism. The tale of Moses is mostly made up, and is a metaphor about an ancient Sumerian king, who the Jews renamed. This being said, the ancient laws do have a right to be in a court house, since modern law is based upon them. When one stands trial for murder, theft, or even adultery in divorce court, you are being judged by those same ancient laws, from about 2200 to 2300 BCE.
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