In Lancaster, CA, many argue that Mayor R. Rex Parris is attempting to make the town a “Christian” community by supporting a ballot initiative that would make prayer—including prayer invoking a specific deity—mandatory at all city meetings:
The measure Parris promotes was placed on the April ballot after the American Civil Liberties Union opposed Lancaster officials’ opening government meetings with sectarian prayers.
Friday, a representative of Americans United for Separation of Church and State condemned the comments by officials of Lancaster, a largely conservative city of 145,000 north of the San Fernando Valley.
“There’s no such thing as a Christian government or an officially Christian community in the United States,” said Rob Boston, a senior policy analyst for Washington, D.C.-based Americans United. “Our Constitution is a secular document establishing religious freedom for everybody.
“Any politician who thinks his job is to act like a pastor is seriously misguided and probably needs to get out of office.”
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Sager R. Mayor of southern California city wants to make town a “Christian Community”. The Immanent Frame. 2010. Available at: http://blogs.ssrc.org/tif/2010/02/01/mayor-of-southern-california-city-wants-to-make-town-a-christian-community/. Accessed May 23, 2013.
APA citation:
Sager, Rebecca. (2010). Mayor of southern California city wants to make town a “Christian Community”. Retrieved May 23, 2013, from The Immanent Frame Web site: http://blogs.ssrc.org/tif/2010/02/01/mayor-of-southern-california-city-wants-to-make-town-a-christian-community/
Chicago citation:
Sager, Rebecca. 2010. Mayor of southern California city wants to make town a “Christian Community”. The Immanent Frame. http://blogs.ssrc.org/tif/2010/02/01/mayor-of-southern-california-city-wants-to-make-town-a-christian-community/ (accessed May 23, 2013).
Harvard citation:
Sager, R 2010, Mayor of southern California city wants to make town a “Christian Community”, The Immanent Frame. Retrieved May 23, 2013, from <http://blogs.ssrc.org/tif/2010/02/01/mayor-of-southern-california-city-wants-to-make-town-a-christian-community/>
MLA citation:
Sager, Rebecca. "Mayor of southern California city wants to make town a “Christian Community”." 1 Feb. 2010. The Immanent Frame. Accessed 23 May. 2013. <http://blogs.ssrc.org/tif/2010/02/01/mayor-of-southern-california-city-wants-to-make-town-a-christian-community/>
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