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Originally Posted by GateandGarden
I see the point you and Krista are making. I still think that even though it doesn't necessarily involve God, it is inevitably religious and the comment was obviously public. I can't understand why any of that has to be mentioned in a newscast. But it is far less serious than the Ten Commandments being displayed in a courthouse or someone being forced to (or even asked to) pray in homeroom. I have to give you that. But it pissed off both of my parents, and that really got me going. My dad is quite the conservative and he found it very inappropriate, so that signified something to me.
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Her comment may not be "ideal," but I really don't see it as offensive at all. I think it was just a common reaction to an impending disaster. I also disagree that prayer is inevitably religious. People can pray to many gods/goddesses, the universe, the stars, whomever. Or it can be simply meditation. Prayer is spiritual, but not necessarily religious.
Anyway, it was the hick comment that got me, not your opinion.