J. Grant Swank, Jr.
Sure thing.
In 1845, prayer at lunchtime was instituted at the US Naval Academy. It’s worked since then. Why fix what works? Exactly!
Therefore, the Academy powers-that-be have no intention of changing prayer time before eats. Grace will be offered to the heavens. After all, there are some places and peoples on this Earth that have no food for lunchtime. Those at the Academy do. They thereby give thanks for the food they are about to eat. Makes sense to me.
The chaplains offer the daily prayers. The chaplains are courteous and well informed regarding verbalizations in religious sentences when stated in public. Therefore, they don’t implant in any grace that which would offend or cause a quarrel. They are professionals at their trade and have performed quite well since the mid-1800s.
Carry on.
There are 4,100 midshipmen who profit from this recognition of the divine. They are together. They are united in cause. They are about to partake of the Lord’s provisions. Why not then offer a thanksgiving from the heart? It will continue, say officials, according to the AP.
These prayers, furthermore, are considered by Commander Rod Gibbons as “devotional thoughts.” Indeed we all could stand a few moments daily for devotional thoughts. We are bombarded with everything but devotional thoughts; therefore, on with devotional health for the soul. Devotional never hurt anybody.
Of course, liberals who despise God, the biblical deity in particular, got in a snit over noontime prayers at the Academy.
The 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals stated in 2003 that such devotions at the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, VA were cutting through the First Amendment. Of course, devotions at the Institute were not cutting through any First Amendment rights; but liberals enjoy misinterpreting that amendment in particular. They take what is stated and prostitute its wording to state just the opposite.
The ACLU and Anti-Defamation League have requested the Navy to halt prayers before meals. However, Academy heads disagree. In other words, so goes the fight. Or as the gospel hymn sings it: “Onward, Christian Soldiers, marching as to war. . .”
Copyright © 2005 by J. Grant Swank, Jr.
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