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  • Re: Public prayer: May 18-24

    [quote user="Luanne Traud"] What does the First Amendment mean in stating: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof ..." [/quote] The headline read,” Roanoke ’s vice mayor hit a hot-button issue by opening...
    Posted to Voices of the Valleys (Forum) by Tanya Villani on 05-19-2009
  • Re: Public prayer: May 18-24

    I made some additions to my original post. [quote user="Luanne Traud"] What does the First Amendment mean in stating: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof ..." [/quote] Though our Founders could not see into...
    Posted to Voices of the Valleys (Forum) by Deb Landgraf on 05-18-2009
  • Re: Prison: April 13-19

    [quote user="Marvin Foster"] We can't display the ten commandments in public buildings and can't speak God's name in prayer at public meetings and wonder why we have a problem with crime.[/quote] They don't display the Ten Commandments in public buildings and speak God's...
    Posted to Voices of the Valleys (Forum) by Ricky on 04-16-2009
  • Re: Does prayer have a place in government meetings?

    Does prayer have a place in governmental meetings? This topic has resurfaced because of the prayers that recently opened the Roanoke City Council meetings. Though this issue passionately upsets many citizens, I see it not as an issue of religion but rather as one of government and the rule of law. Our...
    Posted to Roanoke City Council (Forum) by Deb Landgraf on 01-29-2009
  • Re: Does prayer have a place in government meetings?

    I was taught in school this country was founded on Christian principles. It is a shame we have gone so far away from those principles. It is no wonder the country is in such a mess. We have take God out of everything but when we get in trouble He is the first one we call on. How often would you come...
    Posted to Roanoke City Council (Forum) by georgegobble on 01-06-2009
  • Re: Does prayer have a place in government meetings?

    [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...
    Posted to Roanoke City Council (Forum) by jbjmaj on 01-06-2009
  • Does prayer have a place in government meetings?

    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...
    Posted to Roanoke City Council (Forum) by meg martin on 01-05-2009
  • Prayer in City Council meetings

    What do you think about Vice Mayor Sherman Lea’s decision to refrain from leading the city council invocation because of a complaint about referring to God's son?
    Posted to Roanoke City Council (Forum) by meg martin on 12-30-2008
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