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Tx4obama

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24. I doubt that the secret service, police, security guys were praying and had their eyes closed.
Mon Jan 21, 2013, 03:36 PM
Jan 2013

Still the fact remains NO ONE was being paid to pray.

Matthew 6:6 datasuspect Jan 2013 #1
One of my favorite verses. Brickbat Jan 2013 #8
One contemporary and popular interpretation is that the passage instructs... LanternWaste Jan 2013 #13
If this is all you have to worry about today...well then... ScreamingMeemie Jan 2013 #2
I am an atheist, but I looked past all the praying. n/t RebelOne Jan 2013 #3
Me too. zappaman Jan 2013 #5
Today seems to be really upsetting for some people. FSogol Jan 2013 #12
Lots of grasping at straws emulatorloo Jan 2013 #20
So did I... Bennyboy Jan 2013 #6
Same here. RudynJack Jan 2013 #17
I don't take it too seriously. avebury Jan 2013 #34
meh - let the people pray leftyohiolib Jan 2013 #4
Well it's over, so... HappyMe Jan 2013 #7
No one was being paid today. Today is a federal holiday. Tx4obama Jan 2013 #9
mlk day is a paid holiday for federal employees. msongs Jan 2013 #11
Well I guess what I meant was they are not at work, it's a day off :) Tx4obama Jan 2013 #14
Oh please, look a bit farther Bennyboy Jan 2013 #23
I doubt that the secret service, police, security guys were praying and had their eyes closed. Tx4obama Jan 2013 #24
They were being paid to protect the President, set up the chairs, run the sound, etc. Bake Jan 2013 #35
Highly annoying ... Gotta pay homage to the invisible, non-existent dude in the sky. Arugula Latte Jan 2013 #10
Almost as often as we pay homage to many other non-existent things LanternWaste Jan 2013 #15
Such as? (nt) jeff47 Jan 2013 #19
You do realize what country this is right? phleshdef Jan 2013 #16
because no one really reads the bible La Lioness Priyanka Jan 2013 #18
Tradition. Did you really think there wouldn't be any. nt Raine Jan 2013 #21
Tradition nadinbrzezinski Jan 2013 #22
And that is someplace I DO object to them. Because it is a government function. kestrel91316 Jan 2013 #33
I can't tell you if it should bother you. It does not bother me tho. sad-cafe Jan 2013 #25
By definition Xipe Totec Jan 2013 #26
Yes it should bother you, very much because if CBGLuthier Jan 2013 #27
Obama's disgusting religiosity! longship Jan 2013 #28
Where in the Constitution does it forbid a benediction at the inauguration or mandate that it be on kestrel91316 Jan 2013 #31
Huh? I do not understand your post. longship Jan 2013 #36
Wow. Such drama. demwing Jan 2013 #39
The "Welcome to America" Wagon is on its way (the other threads on this didn't suffice for you?). WinkyDink Jan 2013 #29
Nothing that hasn't happened in every presidential inauguration since Washington's. kestrel91316 Jan 2013 #30
One of my wack job FB friends ReformedGOPer Jan 2013 #32
No one's forcing you to pray. Don't infringe on the right of others to pray. Phx_Dem Jan 2013 #37
We have a religious president demwing Jan 2013 #38
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