The founder of the Mount Jab Church of Mars wants to pray to Satan on a high school 50 yd line

[thewayne]

I do so love irony.

The Supreme Court said a high school football coach could freely exercise his religion immediately after a game, when he has a captive audience, and pray to Christ. This guy wants to lead a Satanic prayer, I'm not quite sure what that is, at the 50 yard line - and will allow people plenty of time to leave. The comments to the article are great!

What is sauce for the goose is also sauce for the gander. Ramen! He's much like the people who run the Church of Satan, flipping political hypocrisy back on its head. More of this needs to be done. I really would like to see him challenged and it taken to the Supreme Court and their noses to be rubbed into it, but they would probably refuse to hear it and just remand it back to the lower level.

https://www.comicsands.com/florida-activist-lead-satanic-prayer-2657650939.html

Comments

[motodraconis]

The "problem" is if they actually mean what they say with their ruling or not.

"Respect for religious expressions is indispensable to life in a free and diverse Republic—whether those expressions take place in a sanctuary or on a field, and whether they manifest through the spoken word or a bowed head."

So... if they refuse the blokie permission to hold his Satanic prayers, that is the problem.

Personally, I think it is disingenuous, if not offensive to lead prayers to a captive audience as this coach is doing. If I have come to see a match, I did not sign up for a dose of religion too, I came for the game. But if people insist on inflicting it on people, then that needs to be upheld for all religions. Let's have a call to Allah before the game, a sacrifice to Vishnu, an oath for Odin. Sorry... you came here to watch a match? First we must pay homage to Lugh the Warrior god! Wait, you don't worship any of these deities? Non-Christians have to sit through the Christian prayers, so everyone has to get an unsolicited dose now. Land of the Free blah blah.

[moonhare]

Refusing the satanic prayers could be a problem, and if challenged it would be interesting to see how that played out in the courts. I would hope Gorsuch would be consistent in his observations.

Perhaps the schools could hold a First Amendment Post Game Show, allowing all faiths a chance to compete? No prayer left behind! Charge a bit to see this and it might bolster the under-funded sports programs.