This was a comment I posted on Icebergslim’s diary but it’s rather long so I thought hey why not make this a diary – haven’t done one of those in a while. Feel free to chastise me for my incoherent ramblings, really I don’t mind, I’m a glutton for punishment…
To be honest, not that I'm not ALWAYS honest, my thoughts on this issue are rather confuzzled and this diary is more of an invitation to debate than a cut and dried argument. I'm not confuzzled about the gay rights thing and Rick Warren being objectionable, just confuzzled about whether this is a BIG DEAL in the vast scheme of things and whether it's productive to treat it as being so.
so below is my original comment, edited for spelling and a little for sense etc but otherwise intact in all it's hideous monstrosity...
The first half is mostly off topic digression about church and state but I've included it because I think the question of why the prayers are had at all is perhaps just as important as the issue of who is saying them..
Be warned - there is mild snark - but I've kept it to a minimum I promise.
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