[quote user="Walker"] Some of the settlers came here to escape religious persecution, this is true. But, this isn't what our country was built on. Period. I am in NO way wanting a theocracy, by ANY means, but let's not twist history to back up our personal opinions. Our country was founded by Christian men who wished to be independent

[quote user="mmartin"] Governmental prayers have been a hot-button issue this year. In July, a three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court's decision that Hashmel Turner, a Baptist minister and member of the Fredericksburg City Council, did not have a right to say a sectarian prayer to open council meetings