crazyfingers

<a href="http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/091/nation/At_Naval_Academy_a_prayer_imperiled+.shtml" target="_blank">At Naval Academy, a prayer imperiled</a>

Looks like a likely win for the good guys.

MOJO-JOJO

I like this part:

The Air Force, Coast Guard, and Merchant Marine academies, while requiring attendance at meals, offer just moments of silence beforehand. The US Military Academy at West Point doesn't even offer that.

[GO ARMY!!! ]

Commander Ira E. Ramsey, command chaplain at the Merchant Marine school in Long Island, N.Y., says the few seconds of silence let students personalize prayers in a way not possible if they were said aloud.

''What is the purpose of prayer if you can't say, `God, heavenly father, Jesus?''' he asks. ''The least offensive way of dealing with the issue is just silence. No one can claim that the academy is trying to push their belief upon somebody else.''

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Atta boy!! Here's my little "personalized prayer"..."Oh Meine Gut! I am tso hungree, gettin zee hell out of meine vay!"

[ April 03, 2002: Message edited by: MOJO-JOJO ]</p>