re: #349 kirkspencer

I wish I had been here for this.

BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!

KT? I do not know what dream world you are in, but yes they can. Unless there are rules specifically prohibiting it, the leader of just about every council from township to congress can control who speaks at all and how long they can speak. They can, indeed, make various requirements, such as dress and opening statement requirements. And the phrasing of this decision now means that they can make one of the opening statement requirements a prayer or moment of public reflection.

Will most of them do so? No, probably not. But we don’t make rules for ‘most’. If men were angels no rules would be necessary.

I’m pretty sure government officials cannot coerce an individual citizen to pray. Read the NYT article, that’s not what this decision is about.