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NewsMax26Jun08

August 30, 2008 by Chaplain Gordon Klingenschmitt

ACLU Attacks Midshipmen Prayer

NewsMax.com~ Jim Meyers~ 26 Jun 08

(Blog excerpts below.  To read entire~ original article click HERE.) 

Nine midshipmen at the academy asked the ACLU to petition the school to do away with the prayers~ saying that some midshipmen have felt pressured to participate.

The ACLU sent a letter to the Annapolis~ Md.~ school saying it was “long past time” for the academy to abolish the traditional prayer~ contending it violates midshipmen’s freedom to practice religion as they see fit.

The Naval Academy rejected the ACLU’s request~ saying in a statement: “The academy does not intend to change its practice of offering midshipmen an opportunity for prayer or devotional thought during noon meal announcements.”

Some form of prayer has been offered for midshipmen at meals since the school’s founding in 1845~ and it is “consistent with other practices throughout the Navy~” according to the statement.

[…]

Another recent graduate~ who is now an atheist~ told The New York Times that whether officers make participating in the prayer voluntary or not~ “they make it very clear that this is the standard~ and the standard is Judaism or Christianity. I feel it’s inappropriate to have this in a public institution.”

If the ACLU proceeds with its lawsuit~ it’s likely to base its case on a ruling by a federal appeals court~ which in 2003 struck down the Virginia Military Institute’s mealtime prayer as unconstitutional.

The Naval Academy flap is not the only instance of religious practice creating controversy at a U.S. military academy.

Cadets and officers at West Point have told The Times that until recently~ cadets who did not attend religious services during basic training were sometimes referred to as “heathens~” and they complained that mandatory banquets began with prayer.

[…]

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