Question

What is one reason the Supreme Court ruled that chaplains can offer prayers in Congress and in state legislatures?

a. Legislators are exempt from laws separating church and state.
b. Legislators are too busy to listen to what the chaplain is saying.
c. Prayers are the same in all of the world’s major religions.
d. Prayers have been offered in those places since colonial times.

Answer 1

the correct asnwer is D) prayers have been offered in those places since colonial times

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Answer 2

One reason why the Supreme Court ruled that Chaplains can offer prayers in Congress and in state legislatures is that: D) Prayers have been offered in those places since colonial times. One example of this was when Jacob Duche offered a prayer before the Continental Congress in 1774. Since Chaplains had been prayer in these places all this time the Supreme court felt that this was a bases for allowing them to continue to offer prayers in Congress and State Legislators.