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The government to proselytize or denigrate particular faiths, then its not constitutionally a problem and it is not permissible for the courts to regulate the content of the prayer. And theres no claim that the prayers of the town of greece violate those prohibitions, and therefore theyre constitutional. Whats wrong with giving clergy and ministers guidelines and guidance as to whats acceptable and unacceptable . It depends on what the guidelines are. If the guidelines are what the mavs want here, which is to say you can pray in these words to these deities but not in those words to those deities, that is government regulating the theological content of prayers prescribing what is orthodox and what is not in religion. And that is contrary to our tradition of religious liberty. When ministers ask the community to bow their heads or join them in prayer, is that not proselytizing . It is not. First of all, no one is required o do it. People are free not to do it. Similar things happen fro ....