A Firm Stand

What would you do if you were told that you could not pray at work? For myself, working for a church, that would be more than just odd. In the case of Marcus Borden, a 23 year veteran High School football coach, he chose to resign rather than to stop praying. On the basis of the seperation of church and state Coach Borden was told that he could neither lead nor take part in pregame prayers. From a legal stand point, part 1 is the unfortunate rule of the land. Our accepted practice is to avoid offense not by exusing those who don't wish to pray so that they don't have to, but rather to do away with the prayer entirely, there by, in many cases, infringing on the desires of the majority for the protection of the minority. In the latter case, not being able to even take part, to me may well have been the final straw. This Catholic could not stop from praying and chose to quit rather than compromise.