The Pentagon's duty to all faiths

Q: Did the Pentagon do the right thing by disinviting evangelist Franklin Graham from a National Day of Prayer event next week? Should government officials decide who can or cannot speak at such an event? Should the government proclaim a National Day of Prayer? Was a federal judge right to rule it unconstitutional?

I find it interesting that the very men and women who defend Grahams right to freedom of speech are fighting terrorism, specifically ISLAMIC terrorism, while their counterparts sit snuggly, being politically correct.

I suspect this wasn't a DoD decision. I suspect this came from higher powers.

National Day of Prayer was instituted by CHRISTIANS, not by Muslims. Frankly, I find this denial of his participation yet another example of discrimination against Christians.

praying or mourning in a multiculturism society is the same ,

we permenantly in need of higher authority than the government and the constitution,

what people by the people and for the people done at the sad event of **challenger** is the same they do at the praying day.

at the praying day or the mourning day ,(every day is a mourning day) mankind whether beleivers or none demonstate his/her disability and weakness befor the higher authority than the gov or the constitution.

mankind is poor and in need around the clock and no government nor constitution can amend this disability .

what is funny about mankind is the fact that he canot even supply his own air that he/she breath but arrogant enough to say that the man made constitution is sufficent .

the above is the core essence of praying, the fact is every body is praying willing or unwilling .

every body need to mourn or pray even the big dady FF of the united praying states of america.

god bless you $soooo good.

Even in Wahhabi Saudia Arabia, a "National Day Of Prayer" is BLASPHEMOUS and you should know better than this. I'm sorry Sister but the U.S. Constitution forbids promoting CHURCH business in the Federal and STATE Governments. Please reread the amazing U.S. Constitution etc.

It's enough that Religious Leaders all the way from President Reagan to Obama have taken advantage and even enriched their Church Based Company's at the expense of the Tax Payers, Even though those who organize in Church's also pay tax's.

But We must never forget the Purpose of The 1st President, George Washington, not Clinton's, not the Bush's etc.. who was neutral or "Independent" and the Federalist-Democratic Party that followed him later on, but who brought Us here up to now.

If our Founding Fathers was alive today You can bet our God or their God or Allah or no God that they would never allow any Church's, includes Mosques etc., to be doing what they are today. There is a word that describes this it's called "Usurpation."

Besides the Law-Books Even our Holy-Books warn about this "Usurpation" both Religiously and Civily both based on Moral deviations. Also, Besides Praying 5 times Daily in the Islamic Faith, it's the same as Praying Earthly and sincerely and not only being sincere Nationally, except as a show of Solidarity.

A National Day Of Mourning is understandable. I remember when the Space-Shguttle Challenger Blue Up and Everyone stopped and prayed at a certain time frame at any given place.

Like too many Laws, there are too many competing Religion systems. Example: Please see what is happening in Egypt, Sudan, Nigeria, Iraq etc.. So I concur with the U.S. Judges because a National Day Of Prayer, even in America is veiwed locally and abroad as hypocracy.

So a National Day Of Mourning and not Day Of Prayer fits the BILL. Don't We do this (pray and hope) everyday anyways?

Christian polygamists??

Mark 10:2-12:
"And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him...And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her. And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery."

The previous post should have Ms Taylor's quote and not Mr.Eboo's. Sorry!.

Eboo pontificates thus:
“I agree completely with U.S. Dist. Judge Barbara Crabb when she wrote that the government can no more enact laws supporting a day of prayer than it can encourage citizens to fast during Ramadan, attend a synagogue, or practice magic”

A national day of prayer is a nondenominational activity, while fasting Ramadan or celebrating Yom Kippur for example are not. Herein lies the difference.

Cadam7 chides Yeal 9 thus;

You have no problem with
“Christian militias in Sudan who kill Muslims…”.
No! We have no problem with them than with any patriot who ever fought to liberate his lands from foreign domination. This is quite different than killing someone because he has a different religion. Comprende?

YEAL9, this is obvious bigotry aainst the religion. You seam to have no issue with Christian polygomists in the US who basically rape and marry 14 year old girls, or Christian militias in Sudan who kill Muslims or the Huratee Christiam Militia in WI who were planning to attack police officers. What about the "Christian" leaders in Africa who now want to kill homosexuals? Horrible people without morlas hide behind all religions, get off your anti-Muslim soapbox.

Why we all should be Islamophobes:

1a) 179 killed in Mumbai/Bombay, 290 injured

1b) Assassination of Benazir Bhutto and Theo Van Gogh

2) 9/11, 3000 mostly US citizens, 1000’s injured

3) The 24/7 Sunni-Shiite centuries-old blood feud currently being carried out in Iraq, US Troops 3,482 killed in action, 912
in non-comabat, 95,888 – 104,595 Iraqi civilians killed, http://www.iraqbodycount.org/ and
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/casualty.pdf

4) Kenya- In Nairobi, about 212 people were killed and an estimated 4000 injured; in Dar es Salaam, the attack killed at least 11 and wounded 85.[2]

5) Bali-in 2002-killing 202 people, 164 of whom were foreign nationals, and 38 Indonesian citizens. A further 209 people were injured.

6) Bali in 2005- Twenty people were killed, and 129 people were injured by three bombers who killed themselves in the attacks.

7) Spain in 2004- killing 191 people and wounding 2,050.

8) UK in 2005- The bombings killed 52 commuters and the four radical Islamic suicide bombers, injured 700.

9) The execution of an eloping couple in Afghanistan on 04/15/2009 by the Taliban.

10) Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan: US troops killed in action 745, 210 killed in non-combat situations as of 04/17/2010. en.wikipedia.org/.../Civilian_casualties_of_the_War_in_Afghanistan_(2001–present reported that 13,372 - 32,969 Afghan civilians have been killed by direct and indirect armed conflict through 2009.

11) The killing of 13 citizen soldiers at Ft. Hood by a follower of the koran.

12) 38 Russian citizens killed on March 29, 2010 by Muslim women suicide bombers.

Franklin Graham is a Bigot! He says "I dont hate muslims, muslims are good people......but they follow an evil religion". This makes him an exact replica of a mad taliban mullah. It would be foolish to even contemplate this hate monger leading a prayer for US soldiers.

To those, who say its ok for people like Graham and Bush (Christian Jihadis??) to ILLEGALLY connive to divide Sudan by arming a sepratist christian militia, surely then you would also approve of the Iranian helping Hamas and Syrians helping Hezbollah, no??

Good post, Pamela. Still awaiting your comments on the Yemeni Jews, antisemitism in the MIddle East and Muslim antisemitic violence in Europe. A remark on the exiled three million Middle Eastern Jews would be of interest.

"We do not have to follow Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, Islam, Sikhism, or any other of the world's religions to recognize that they teach their followers to be good people, encourage moral behavior, and work to make the world a better place."

I have never read this sentiment put better. Well done, Ms. Taylor. No statement better sums up the foolishness of this 'clash of culture' nonsense. I don't have to agree with every aspect of someone's beliefs to respect them, to see the good in aspects of their beliefs, and to seek common ground. Why have we forgotten this basic fact?

I am no particular fan of the younger Graham nor of the younger Bush, yet firmly believe that whatever transgressions they both may have had, one act they had collaborated at redeemed their past and future sins. The younger Graham convinced the younger Bush to liberate the Negroid people of South Sudan from 60 years of domination and subjugation by the Arabised Muslim tribes of the North.