Wood Gavel A Texas judge who is Christian was banned by another judge from opening his courtroom proceedings with a prayer, thereby granting victory to the Freedom from Religion Foundation, a secular non-profit legal organization based in Wisconsin, a report said. The judge ruled in favor of the FRFF, an atheist organization established in 1976 to advocate for atheists, agnostics, and non-theists, that challenged Christian Judge Wayne Mack in Houston who begins his courtroom sessions with a chaplain-led prayer. The prayer was not mandatory. However, on May 21, U.S. District Judge Kenneth Hoyt ruled in favor of FRFF and a local attorney, who refused to be named, who attended Judge Mack’s courtroom, the Christian Post reported. The unnamed attorney claims to have attended Judge Mack’s courtroom sessions at least 20 times and said he witnessed the Christian judge’s chaplain-led prayers. Judge Hoyt decided, "The Court declares that the defendant’s practice of opening regular court proceedings with religious prayers is unconstitutional. Should the defendant violate this Court’s declaratory decree, an injunction will issue." Judge Hoyt ruled that the Christian judge was in violation of the Establishment Clause whenever he "presents himself as theopneustically inspired, enabling him to advance, through the […]
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