It’s back to court in Jesus’ name

Published: November 23, 2007, 12:46 pm

Tags: politics, journalism, religion, evangelicals

Indiana media were attentive to the prayer opening the legislative body’s proceedings this week (earlier coverage). The ACLU and others had protested what they considered sectarian prayers at the opening of General Assembly sessions. They successfully sued in 2005, barring prayers in the Statehouse that used the name Jesus Christ or endorsed any single religion. That decision was tossed out on procedural grounds earlier this year, but that didn’t mean the case was over. The Indianapolis Star was quick to update online readers with the news of what words were used in the opening prayer on Tuesday: A state lawmaker invoked Jesus Christ during a prayer given this afternoon in the Indiana Senate. The move is significant, because it marks the first time in more than a year that a sectarian prayer has been delivered before the Indiana General Assembly. . . . Sen. Dennis Kruse, R-Auburn, gave a minute-long prayer, that he ended by saying: “We pray this in the name and

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