Fighting Over Prayer

 By Kyle E. Sims - Posted at Gentle Reformation:

“District won't allow prayers over PA” was the headline article in our local paper. At odds were the school district administration and a state legislator over whether the school district could allow ministers to have prayer before a football game over the official Public Address system. This conflict spilled over onto social media. Many see it as an attack against freedom of religion, while others argue the First Amendment anti-establishment clause.

Many of us grew up with this invocation being a regular part of the pre-game ceremonies. In recent years, I have seen this done before games at state universities such as Clemson and the University of South Carolina. Our school district stopped this practice in 2003 when the US Supreme Court upheld a legal challenge to the practice of official prayers at public school sporting events over the Public Address System. As you can imagine, there have been some strong opinions about this issue.

I do have sympathy that the state should support the one true religion, and for many years Christ was honored because the nation was predominantly Christian. However, this is not the case anymore. We as a nation should recognize Jesus as King, yet our motto, “One Nation Under God,” is a far cry from recognizing Jesus as the head of our nation. In spite of the multitudes of blessings the Lord has poured out on our nation we continually snub our nose and refuse to give honor to Jesus.

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