Freedom from Religion goes after senior citizens
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is threatening a lawsuit over praying before meals at a Cheboygan, Michigan, senior citizen center. But the center already has strong legal counsel.
Mat Staver, chairman of Liberty Counsel and dean of Liberty University's Law School, says it is absurd that the Foundation is issuing the threat because of prayers before meals.
"In fact," he says, "in this particular case, praying over a meal -- whether it's led by an individual senior or somebody before they begin their meal -- in no way violates the federal law. [It] does not imply the fact that they have some federal subsidy as a senior center, and certainly does not violate the First Amendment."
Staver goes on to say the idea that prayer is banned because some federal tax dollars are used is outrageous.
"But this is the agenda of the Freedom From Religion Foundation; their name says it all," the attorney states. "They want freedom from religion. In other words, they want to literally squelch religion. They want no free exercise of religion. They want no religion at all. That's their ultimate agenda. That's their ultimate goal."
He says Liberty Counsel will come to the aid of the senior living center. Cheboygan County Drain Commissioner Dennis Lennox has been threatened by the same organization for a Christmas display in his office.
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