Saturday, July 30, 2011

Judge Tosses Suit Seeking to Stop Gov. Perry's Sponsorship of Texas Prayer Rally

We read:
"A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit that sought to stop Gov.
Rick Perry from sponsoring a national day of Christian prayer and fasting, ruling Thursday that the group of atheists and agnostics did not have legal standing to sue.

U.S. District Judge Gray H. Miller said the Freedom From Religion Foundation argued against Perry's involvement based merely on feelings of exclusion, but did not show sufficient harm to merit the injunction they sought.

"The governor has done nothing more than invite others who are willing to do so to pray," Miller said.

A day earlier, Perry defended the event, comparing it to President Obama's participation in the National Day of Prayer. "My prayer is that the courts will find that the first amendment is still applicable to the governor no matter what they might be doing and that what we've done in the state of Texas or what we've done in the governor's office is appropriate," he said. "It's no different than what George Washington or Abraham Linlcoln or President Truman or President Obama have done."

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3 comments:

sig said...

Freedom of religious expression is a fundamental, Constitutional right in the United States, and it's great to see a judge throwing out an otherwise frivolous case.

Spurwing Plover said...

We need freedom from the freedom from religion atheists humanists wackotards

Anonymous said...

We need freedom from spurwing!