Arizona lawmaker leads prayer circle

[Jazzy]

Arizona lawmaker leads prayer circle on state seal at Capitol building, sparking backlash

Arizona state Sen. Anthony Kern's prayer circle spoke in tongues while he called for the "presence of the lord in the senate chamber," baffling some.

www.azcentral.com

Sounds like AZ has a problem with mixing church and state.

What do think?

 

[Albion]

I think that a lot of people don't understand what "Separation of Church and State" means.

In short, it does not mean that there can be no mention of anything religious whenever and wherever elected officials or government functions are concerned.

 

[tango]

I think that a lot of people don't understand what "Separation of Church and State" means.

In short, it does not mean that there can be no mention of anything religious whenever and wherever elected officials or government functions are concerned.

Yes - the lack of an official state religion, and the prohibition on government requiring the adherence to a religion, doesn't prohibit individuals within the government from choosing to follow whatever religion they choose.

If government officials can't follow a religion can we even have government officials, given atheism is as much a religion as any theistic religion.

 

[Lees]

The problem really isn't 'mixing church and state'. It is what religion are you mixing with the state. Christianity or Islam?

In 2019 Ihan Omar was allowed to wear the Muslim religious head covering, hijab, on the floor of the house. And rules were changed to allow that.

People bend over backwards to cater to other religions mixing with state. At the same time there is the constant effort to remove Christianity from the state.

Lees