Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Seniors Can Pray Before Meals at Georgia Center



Their prayers have been answered. The Georgia senior center that barred elderly citizens from saying a communal prayer before meals has changed its policy after inquiries from FoxNews.com and other news organizations.

Residents at the Ed Young Senior Citizens Center in Port Wentworth, Ga., were told last week that instead of participating in a prayer, they should observe a moment of silence before their federally-funded meal.

Officials from Senior Citizens Inc., which operates the center, had said the meals they provide to visitors are mostly covered with federal money -- so saying a communal prayer before their consumption violated the government's rules that accompanied its subsidy...

[Two morals:

Speak your mind, don't be cowed by PC.

Government money means government control.]


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