Hard question March 7, 2011 · 25:48 · 11 min
Founding principles vs. other faiths
The hosts debate whether a Christian prayer before the legislature has special standing given the nation's Judeo-Christian founding, versus a Muslim prayer offered two years earlier that ended 'give us victory over the non-believers.' They spar over church/state separation (protection of the church from the state, not vice versa), tradition, and the claim that all faith systems do not have equal standing before God.