Prayer nixed at rite for victims
Associated Press — 9/22/2007 9:17 am
The Wisconsin Department of Justice (i.e. JB Van Hollen) has removed religious content from a memorial service for murder victims planned for next week after a
watchdog (read: godless athiests) group complained.
A religious hymn called "This Too Shall Pass" and a closing prayer by a Lutheran
pastor will not be included in the ceremony as initially planned, department
spokesman Kevin St. John said Friday.
...Pastor Charles Peterson, who had been scheduled to deliver the closing
prayer, said he believed other ceremonies would include prayer. He said
prayer can help mourners discover their spirituality."That's what people are
looking for when they take part in a remembrance like this," he said. "I don't think they are looking for liberal politics." As for the state's (Van Hollen's)
decision to cancel his prayer, he said: "That's fine with me. That's their loss,
not mine."
lefty athiests against the mourning families of murder victims. Nice.
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