ELCA Stood Against Coach that Prays Supreme Court Case

6/27/2022

As you can see, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America was against this decision by the U.S. Supreme Court.

How can anyone support this faux Christian denomination that is against a coach praying to God?

3 Comments

Didaskalos

6/28/2022 06:37:47 am

What the ELCA objects to: Coach Kennedy having a 30-second private prayer on the field after every football game.

What the ELCA would obviously have no objection to: mandated curriculum on personal pronouns and school-sponsored Pride events.

It's gratifying to see the Constitution prevail over harrumphing, conscience-seared fake churches like the ELCA (not only in this First Amendment-buttressing decision but also in the abolition of Constitution-defying Roe v. Wade).

Sophistry-destroying quotes from the Court's decision:

** A rule that the only acceptable government role models for students are those who eschew any visible religious expression would undermine a long constitutional tradition in which learning how to tolerate diverse expressive activities has always been "part of learning how to live in a pluralistic society."

** There is no conflict between the constitutional commands of the First Amendment in this case. There is only the "mere shadow" of a conflict, a false choice premised on a misconstruction of the Establishment Clause.

** Respect for religious expressions is indispensable to life in a free and diverse Republic. Here, a government entity sought to punish an individual for engaging in a personal religious observance, based on a mistaken view that it has a duty to suppress religious observances even as it allows comparable secular speech. The Constitution neither mandates nor tolerates that kind of discrimination. Mr. Kennedy is entitled to summary judgment on his religious exercise and free speech claims.

** [T]he parties' disagreement centers on one question: Did Mr. Kennedy offer his prayers in his capacity as a private citizen, or did they amount to government speech attributable to the District? When Mr. Kennedy uttered the three prayers that resulted in his suspension, he was not engaged in speech "ordinarily within the scope" of his duties as a coach. (Lane v. Franks, 573 U. S. 228, 240). He did not speak pursuant to government policy and was not seeking to convey a government-created message. He was not instructing players, discussing strategy, encouraging better on-field performance, or engaged in any other speech the District paid him to produce as a coach. Simply put: Mr. Kennedy's prayers did not "ow[e their] existence" to Mr. Kennedy's responsibilities as a public employee.

Born again

6/28/2022 12:12:04 pm

If he was praying to satan, they would support him with every fiber of their being.

Rebecca

6/28/2022 02:09:49 pm

It boggles my mind how people stay in this synod. I have friends and family still attending--they have reasons they don't want to leave...... One huge problem, as I've written before, the average older person in the pews has no idea that what is known on this website, is completely unknown to them. And of course they don't really want to hear it. I pray that the Spirit of God will be able to reach them, in spite of their resistance, with the feeling that things are not right. Open their ears Lord, and their eyes, and their minds to Truth. May they realize that they are not hearing truth and they are hearing woke sermons.

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