As someone from NC, I should have heard this story but I hadn't
Apparently, he thinks he is being brave and standing up for his faith by discriminating against other religions' right to pray at the council meetings. At least his stupid tantrum, walking out of the meeting, ended up getting religious prayer banned from the meeting. The south will openly embrace secularism if they have to allow other religions equal rights.
Quote:Previously, Mitchem had vowed to keep Christian-only prayers at the meetings.
“I don’t believe we need to be bowing to the minorities,” Mitchem had told WBTV. “The U.S. and the Constitution were founded on Christianity. This is what the majority of people believe in, and it’s what I’m standing up for.”
Apparently, he thinks he is being brave and standing up for his faith by discriminating against other religions' right to pray at the council meetings. At least his stupid tantrum, walking out of the meeting, ended up getting religious prayer banned from the meeting. The south will openly embrace secularism if they have to allow other religions equal rights.
