There are times for private prayer and private worship. there are times when we are called to be a public witness of our faith. I am not a "religious zealot" when I pray publicly when asked. If I deny my Lord publicly by not praying as asked then I have missed His will for that moment. Please don't confuse rights with responsibility.

As to the law, lets look at the Bill of Rights as ammended: First Amendment – Establishment Clause , Free Exercise Clause ; freedom of speech , of the press , and of assembly ; right to petition Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of

Our nation was founded on Christian principles as has been mentioned above. It was founded by Christian men and women with those same Christian principles. A simple search of history of the USA using the founder’s names and their “religion” will be found online. Having repeated that please allow me to give an analogy. There was a faithful