[DanT]

Hey raiderhader, I appreciate the distinction between what is or isn't an appropriate public prayer. I'm not attacking religion in general; I'm attacking this sanctimonious platitudemonger's trite jeremiad. Who's the "we" that he's speaking for? Who is he to speak for the Kansas Legislature and presume that they have come before the Lord to ask forgiveness? They're just trying to open the damn session so that they can get to legislatin'. I can maybe see them deciding [i]after[/i] they're finished with their business to ask for some forgiveness, but beforehand? They haven't even gotten their lawmakin' condoms out of the wrappers and here's Mr. Squeaky calling every daughter's daddy and telling them what a bunch of disreputable bachelors there are in these parts and wouldn't it be ever so much nicer if the girls just abandoned their dates and instead lined up to sit on Mr. Squeaky's lap while he read them bedtime stories? ;)