At the beginning of class today, Mr. Frank Pinto, my teacher, asked a classmate to recite a prayer without the rest of the class knowing. Personally, I felt a little uneasy standing there while my classmate was reciting a prayer, but I stood there because I didn’t want to be rude. I am an atheist and I feel like religion is one of the things wrong with the world. I feel like religion is a crutch for weak-minded people who don’t know what to do and put their ‘faith’ into something that is non-existent. That being said, I am not an ass and I will act like an adult when faced with this problem and choose not to bash people for their beliefs.
With the supreme court subject today, there were a few quotes I feel should be mentioned.
From abcnews.com, People attending meetings in Greece wouldn't feel any differently, Sotomayor said. "So why do you think that someone who is sitting in a small room where hearings of this nature are being held, when the guy who's about, the chairman of this legislative body, is about to rule on an application you're bringing to him or her, why do you think any of those people wouldn't feel coerced to stand?" she said.
From nbcnews.com, Suppose, the justice said, “the members of the court who had stood responded, ‘Amen,’ made the sign of the cross, and the chief justice then called your case. Would that be permissible?”
From cnn.com, "It's hard because the (Supreme) Court lays down these rules and everybody thinks that the court is being hostile to religion and people get unhappy and angry and agitated," said Kagan near the end of the argument. "Part of what we are trying to do here is to maintain a multi-religious society in a peaceful and harmonious way. And every time the court gets involved in things like this, it seems to make the problem worse rather than better."
Sources. . .
http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/06/us/supreme-court-board-meeting-prayers/
