Controversy du jour - by Keith McAliley
Here in Kentucky the Governor's prayer
breakfast is a yearly ritual. This year our Governor made a little news by
holding a prayer breakfast that only had Christians participate in its
leadership. A pastor from one of the congregations here in KY was actually
there and has an interesting reflection on the event posted on his
blog.
Last week, I got to participate in
the annual Governor's Prayer Breakfast. My friend Shauna was invited to sing,
and I accompanied her on the piano. I got to hear a great choir from Kentucky
State. I got to meet the governor. I got to meet some nice people. Little did I
realize I was part of something that the ACLU would soon investigate. Talk about
a brush with fame . . . or brush with infamy
perhaps.I had thought that the prayer
breakfast kind of played fast and loose with the separation of church and state,
which, while it may not be in the Constitution, is not a bad idea. No state
agency needs to be in the business of endorsing any particular religion. The
ACLU and some other organizations suspect that that's what the governor was
doing. You can read the article here and an editorial on the subject here. (And
please remember that last Sunday's sermon was on the dangers of anger so don't
get all worked up about this, whatever your opinion
is.)click here to read the entire post
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