If judges are involved in evaluating the content of prayer, it could lead to legislatures requiring “chaplains to redact the religious content from their message in order to make it acceptable for the public sphere,” according to Kennedy.
“Government may not mandate a civic religion that stifles any but the most generic reference to the sacred any more than it may prescribe a religious orthodoxy,” Kennedy said.
Keep in mind, Kennedy authored a 1992 opinion that stated that a high school graduation’s Christian prayer did violate the Constitution.
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